Diabetes

This map graphically depicts county level variability in the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who received treatment for Diabetes across Arkansas in 2013.
 
Diabetes occurs when the body does not properly create or use insulin, which causes blood sugar levels to be too high.
  • The average rate of diabetes among Medicare patients in Arkansas is 24.2 percent, which is slightly below the national average of 26.9 percent.
  • On this map, counties with the three lightest shadings have rates lower than the national average.
  • The percent of Medicare patients diagnosed with diabetes varies at the county level from 19.0 percent to 30.8 percent.
  • Counties along the eastern border of the state and in the southwestern corner have higher rates of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries compared with other areas of the state.
Find more information on Coronary Heart Disease and other chronic conditions in the Arkansas Medicare Chronic Conditions Report.