Health &
Nutrition:
Chronic Disease
- Diabetes
What are the costs of diabetes?
In 1996, the direct (medical care) and indirect (lost productivity and premature mortality) cost of diabetes in Mississippi was estimated to be about $1.6 billion. Approximately 45% of people with diabetics are not working at any given time. Compared to nondiabetics, a greater percentage of persons with diabetes report being unable to access a health care provider because of cost . The disparity between people with diabetes and those who do not have the disease has lessened in recent years, however. In addition, almost 20% of adult Mississippians are uninsured, although there is little difference in rates of health care coverage between diabetics and nondiabetics.
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