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Public health tracking of diabetes is an essential part of reducing the disease burden in Connecticut, identifying high-risk groups, formulating sensible health care policy, and evaluating our state's progress in preventing this disease.

The objective of the Connecticut Diabetes Surveillance System (CDSS) is to provide timely and relevant information about diabetes and its complications in Connecticut, as well as related risk factor information. CDSS provides support to the Connecticut Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, a CDC-funded program within the Connecticut Department of Public Health. The links below provide current information regarding Connecticut deaths and hospitalizations due to diabetes and diabetes-related conditions, diabetes prevalence data, and related reports.
 
Fact Sheets
Diabetes Prevalence, 2021 data

Diabetes Hospitalizations, 2021 data (provisional)

Diabetes Deaths, 2021 data (provisional)

 
 
Statistical Reports

Connecticut Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020

Connecticut Diabetes Statistics Report, 2016

Connecticut Diabetes Statistics Summary (2015)

Connecticut Diabetes Statistics Summary - slides (2015)

Burden of Diabetes in Connecticut (2011)

Diabetes Fact Sheet (2011)

 
 
Diabetes Prevalence

Diabetes Prevalence in Connecticut, 2011 by gender, race, ethnicity, age, education, and household income from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2013)

Diabetes Prevalence, 2007-2009 by gender, race, ethnicity, age, education, household income, and Connecticut County from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2011)

 
 
Complications of Diabetes

Diabetes and COVID-19 Hospitalizations Report, 2022

Obesity and COVID-19 Hospitalizations Report, 2022

Declining Rates of Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Amputations in CT, 1999-2009  (July 12, 2012)

Trends in Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Amputations in CT, by Age, Gender, and Race-Ethnicity, 1999-2009  (July 13, 2012)

 
 
Diabetes Preventive-Care Practices and Self-Management Education

Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) and Health Care Utilization Analysis - Summary of an analysis using data from the Connecticut All Payers Claims Database (APCD)  to examine healthcare utilization patterns (i.e., inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department visits and filling prescriptions) of commercially insured patients with diabetes prior to receiving DSMES and after receiving DSMES.

Diabetes Quality of Care and Maintenance in New England: Can Cross-State Collaboration Move Us Forward? (2018) - This  interstate analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data demonstrates that inadequate annual diabetes care among adults with diagnosed diabetes was endemic even in a relatively advantaged US census division, and traditional disparities (e.g., race/ethnicity, federal poverty level bracket) only partially explained patterns in diabetes maintenance activities.

The Relationship between Diabetes Self-Management Education and High Levels of Comprehensive Diabetes Clinical Care (2014)

Diabetes Preventive-Care Practices Fact Sheet (2013)

 
 
Prediabetes

Prediabetes Fact Sheet (2013)

 
 
Risk Factors

Diabetes and Obesity, Connecticut (2011)

 
 
Health Disparities Information

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospital Charges in Connecticut: Data Update - This data brief updates Quantifying the Potential Economic Benefits of Health Equity in Connecticut: Disparities in Hospital Charges and Costs among Blacks and Hispanics compared to Whites, 2005-2012, a poster presented at the Keeneland Conference in Lexington, Kentucky on April 21, 2015. (September 2016)

Estimating Total Excess Hospital Charges Due to Race and Ethnicity in Connecticut - This summary describes an analysis conducted to quantify the disparity in hospital charges among non-Hispanic Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino Connecticut residents compared with non-Hispanic White residents. (July 2016)

Quantifying the Potential Economic Benefits of Health Equity in Connecticut: Disparities in Hospital Charges and Costs among Blacks and Hispanics compared to Whites, 2005-2012 - Poster presented at the 2015 Keeneland Conference in Lexington, KY on April 21, 2015.

Diabetes Takes Disproportionate Toll on Hispanics and Blacks written by Magaly Olivero of Connecticut Health Investigative Team (January 18, 2015)

 
 
Mortality (Death) Data Statistics

Please see the Mortality Statistics page with diabetes and diabetes-related death counts; age-adjusted mortality and premature mortality rates; and mortality disparities by gender, race, and ethnicity.

 
 
Hospital Discharge Data

Visit the Hospitalization Statistics page for hospital discharge data.

Visit the Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy page for more information on hospital financial, billing, and discharge data.

 
 
Statistical Information & Updates

Diabetes and Heart Disease Statistical Update (2013)

 
 
Resources

Healthy Connecticut 2020 State Health Improvement Plan (2014)

Connecticut Chronic Disease Surveillance Indicators (2012)

 
 
Connecticut Department of Public Health Chronic Disease Programs
 
 
Diabetes-Related Websites
 
 
 
Contact Information

Connecticut Department of Public Health
Community, Family, and Health Equity Section
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
410 Capitol Avenue, MS # 11-CDD
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: (860) 509-8251

 

This page was last updated on 6/30/2023.