Local Impact - Alaska
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Bristol Bay is on the move! 28 villages participated in the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation’s Diabetes Walk. That’s 796 individuals!
Diabetes in Alaska
According to 2008 CDC data, approximately 31,000 people in Alaska – 6.9% of the state’s population – had diagnosed diabetes, and many of them suffer from serious diabetes related complications or conditions.
In addition to the human toll diabetes places on people in Alaska, the financial burden diabetes places on the state’s health system is staggering – in 2007, the direct and indirect cost of diabetes in Alaska was approximately $419 million.
