| North Carolina ranks among the states with the highest rate of diabetes.
Approximately 8.3% of the population in North Carolina has diabetes and we are above the national average of 7.3%. In 2000, diabetes was the fifth leading cause of mortality in North Carolina.
Diabetes is a disease in which your body is unable to use the sugar in your blood stream for energy. There are several different types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational and pre-diabetes.
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