Local Impact - California

Jackie Patton

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Chapa-De Indian Clinic, Auburn, CA

“What a blessing for my brother to have this education available”
- Jackie Patton

There is so much Diabetes in our family; what a blessing for my brother to have this education available to him right in our own town. He gets to share with others, there are cooking demonstrations, shopping assistance and support. Please keep this going. We lost our mom to Diabetes at the young age of 58.

Diabetes in California

According to 2008 CDC data, approximately 2,220,000 people in California – 8.3% of the state’s population – had diagnosed diabetes, and many of them suffer from serious complications or conditions. In addition to the human toll diabetes places on people in California, the financial burden diabetes places on the health care system in the state is staggering – in 2007, the approximate direct and indirect cost of diabetes in California was approximately $24.42 billion.

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