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Diabetes Action Council of South Carolina
Grant Recipients Announced
The Diabetes Action Council of South Carolina (DAC), in collaboration with Wholespire is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Preventing Diabetes with Confidence Mini Grant. Grantees will use the funding to increase awareness of prediabetes and the availability of the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
Do You Have Prediabetes?
A person can have prediabetes for years but have no clear symptoms, so it often goes undetected until serious health problems such as type 2 diabetes show up.
Find a National Diabetes Prevention Program
Click on the map to find an in person National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP)
You’re not alone
More than 1 in 3 adults in the
United States are estimated to have prediabetes
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prediabetes.html
In 2019, South Carolina had the 6th highest percent of adult population with diabetes in the United States
Source: SC DHEC BRFSS, 2019
More than 540,000 adults in South Carolina are estimated to have been diagnosed with diabetes
Source: SC DHEC BRFSS, 2019
In 2019, the total amount of hospital charges related to diabetes diagnosis were $610 million in South Carolina