What is the D-ATLAS?
The Diabetes Atlas (D-ATLAS) is a unique online tool that enables health advocates and policy makers to map health disparities in diagnosed type 2 diabetes. The D-ATLAS provides the prevalence and cost associated with diabetes by race/ethnicity, age, or gender in the United States, by individual state or by legislative district. The ability to create customized maps that localize diabetes disparities is a compelling reference source. These maps may be generated and disseminated to support educational, advocacy, and public-affairs initiatives.
Why the D-ATLAS: diabetes and health disparities
Disparities exist in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have estimated[1] total (diagnosed and undiagnosed) diabetes prevalence among adults in the United States as follows:
- 10.7% (23.5 million) of all adults in 2007
- 9.8% (14.9 million) of non-Hispanic whites in 2007
- 14.7% (3.7 million) of non-Hispanic blacks in 2007
- 13.7% of Hispanics in 2005
What data are used in the D-ATLAS?
The D-ATLAS uses data from the following sources:
- Prevalence: CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Direct costs: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- Indirect costs: adapted from the American Diabetes Association[2]
- Age, gender, race/ethnicity, total population: estimated for each zip code from the US Census (2000)
The National Minority Quality Forum uses Bayesian analysis of the above data to construct the D-ATLAS maps (for more information on the methodology used to estimate prevalence and costs, log in or register to use the D-ATLAS). The D-ATLAS is updated periodically as new data become available.
What do the D-ATLAS maps show?
The D-ATLAS provides on-demand capacity for exploring the prevalence and cost associated with diagnosed type 2 diabetes nationwide, by state, and by legislative district. Maps may be produced by race/ethnicity (white non-Hispanic, black non-Hispanic, Hispanic, and other), age (18–49, 50–65, and 65+), or gender.
How do I access the D-ATLAS?
If you are already a registered user, you may log in to access the D-ATLAS. If you are not a registered user, you may register here. Authorized D-ATLAS users include advocacy groups and other nonprofit organizations and local, state, and national government employees and officials.
For more information on the D-ATLAS, please contact us.
Notes
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Diabetes Fact Sheet: General Information and National Estimates on Diabetes in the United States, 2007 (Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2008).
- "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2007," Diabetes Care 31:596–615, 2008.
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