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Health department says Wyo. diabetes rate growing

Posted: Feb 19, 2010 5:02 AM
Updated: Feb 19, 2010 5:02 AM

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) The Wyoming Department of Health reports that the number of Wyoming adults with diabetes more than doubled in the past 13 years.

The department said Thursday that more than 7 percent of Wyoming adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, up from 3 percent in 1997.

Diabetes prevention and control manager Star Morrison says the disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the state.

From July 2006 to June 2007, diabetes led to 615 Wyoming hospitalizations costing $7.5 million, according to the department.

Washakie County has the highest rate of adult diabetes at 9.3 percent. Teton County has the lowest rate at 2.4 percent.

Morrison says the prevalence of diabetes is expected to increase as the state's population ages.

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On the Net: http://www.health.wyo.gov/phsd/diabetes

Topics: Diabetes-Wyoming

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