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Maternal & Child Health > Needs Assessment > Diabetes in Women Fact Sheet Diabetes in Women Fact Sheet

Healthy People 2010 Goal:

  • To reduce the diabetes related age adjusted deaths to 45 per 100,000 standard population.

Consequences:

  • Diabetes is the 6th leading cause of death in white women and 4th leading cause of death in black women.
  • Diabetes affects the prognosis of other medical problems such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, complication of pregnancy, and periodontal disease.

Causes:

  • Several factors account for the increasing prevalence of diabetes (Type 2) including behavioral factors such as increase in fat consumption, decrease in physical activity, obesity and improper nutrition; and demographic factors such as aging and increased growth of the at-risk population.

Prevalence in Indiana:

  • Indiana diabetes prevalence is above the national diabetes prevalence. Based on 2002 BRFSS, Indiana diabetes prevalence is 7% while the national diabetes prevalence is 6.4%.

Trends toward meeting HP 2010 goal

  • Disparities exist. Black female diabetes related age adjusted death rate is more than the white female diabetes age adjusted death rate by 43%
  • Between 1999 and 2002, the overall, white and black female diabetes related age adjusted death rates decreased considerably but were unlikely to reach Healthy People 2010 goals (See Fig).

Female Diabetes Death Rate Chart
Source: Indiana State Department of Health

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