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Diabetes Management Practices

Diabetes Management Practices

Progress on Diabetes Management Practices - Percent of Adults with Diabetes Meeting Healthy People 2010 (HP2010) Goals in Virginia, 1999-2006

Management Practice:

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Daily blood sugar checks
HP2010 Goal: 61%

42.5%

46.4%

50.1%

54.4%

55.5%

58.6%

61.0%

62.0%

Hemoglobin A1c check twice per year
HP2010 Goal: 65% (1/yr.)*

N/A

73.4%

71.5%

70.3%

71.7%

74.1%

78.0%

79.0%

Annual foot exam
HP2010 Goal: 91%

59%

61.6%

62.5%

69.8%

72.2%

72.9%

73.0%

72.0%

Annual eye exam
HP2010 Goal: 76%

64.4%

64.2%

62.2%

63.3%

63%

64.7%

65.5%

67.0%

Annual influenza vaccine
HP2010 Goal: 60%

1997

41.2%

1999

53.5%

2001

52.2%

2002

51.1%

2003

49.5%

2004

48.7%

2005

49.0%

2006

49.0%

Once ever pnuemo-coccal vaccine
HP2010 Goal: 60%

1997

24.2%

1999

30.1%

2001

39.2%

2002

39.7%

2003

43.8%

2004

45.7%

2005

50.0%

2006

52.0%

Sources: *Goal revised to twice per year; Healthy People 2010- www.healthypeople.gov; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/statePage.aspx?state=Virginia; Data notes: Three-year rolling averages were used to improve the precision of the annual estimates; rates are age-adjusted.


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Diabetes Prevention and Control Project
109 Governor St, DCDPC 10th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 864-7877 Fax Phone: (804) 864-7880

Email: Diabetes@vdh.virginia.gov

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Last Updated: 05-12-2009

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