A bubble chart showing the top 10 causes of death in the United States; measured by percent killed per year. Diabetes is number seven on the list, right above Alzheimer’s, influenza and suicide.
Top 10 Causes of Death (percent per year)
A pie chart showing which percentages of total Long Island population is affected by diabetes. Nassau and Suffolk Counties have 532,000 people with pre-diabetes and 248,000 with diabetes. That means almost 30% of the population of 2,832,000 either has diabetes or is on track to have it in the future if proper precautions are not taken.
Population of Nassau and Suffolk Affected by Diabetes
Bar chart showing the percentage of Nassau, Suffolk and nearby counties diagnosed with diabetes. While Nassau and Suffolk numbers are almost identical, Manhattan has the lowest percentage and Bronx has the highest.
Percentage of County Diagnosed with Diabetes
Map showing rates of diabetes in the U.S. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control. West Virginia and Alabama have the highest percentages of diabetes while Colorado and Alaska have the lowest. 8.8% of New York States has diabetes.
Vikas Girdhar 