For people ages 18 through 64 in a typical state, the percentage with diabetes may have increased to 10.78% in 2023, from 10.26% the year before.

But the median may have decreased from 11.93% in 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey program.

One question is whether the decrease in 2023 will turn out to be real or whether it's the result of fewer people getting screened for diabetes.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.