Rate of Floridians with diabetes outpaces national average; one doctor calls it an ‘epidemic’

According to the American Diabetes Association, 11.6% of Floridians have diabetes compared to the national average of 9.4%. And hundreds of thousands of people in Florida have diabetes and don’t know it.

People diagnosed with diabetes have more than twice the average medical costs than people without the condition.

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