Our featured content for November is HHDW’s Diabetes in Hawaiʻi Fact Sheet. It highlights the latest data related to diabetes available through HHDW, along with additional resources for exploring the topic in greater detail.
The fact sheet includes indicators on diabetes overall in Hawaiʻi, diabetes-related outcomes, as well as data on diabetes risk factors.
Here are the key highlights for Hawaiʻi from the fact sheet:
- 11.5% of adults have been diagnosed with diabetes as of 2024.
- 4.9% of adults in Hawaiʻi had ever been told by a healthcare professional that they had kidney disease as of 2024.
- This is higher than the US median value of 3.9%
- 60.7% of adults in Hawaiʻi 45+ years were overweight or obese in 2024.
- 10.4% of adults with diabetes in Hawaiʻi could not afford balanced meals in 2023.
The fact sheet also includes additional resources for users interested in diabetes, including HHDW’s Diabetes Health Topics page and the Diabetes Plan 2030 Tracker on Hawaiʻi Health Matters. This health tracker monitors Hawai’i’s progress towards objectives in the Hawaiʻi Diabetes Plan 2030, a common vision for preventing and managing diabetes to help the people of Hawai’i, especially those most at-risk, lead healthy lives.
