The Diabetes Fact Sheet is a public health resource that is compiled every few years by the Division of Diabetes Translation, which is a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The organization established a division to focus solely on Diabetes Mellitus in 1977. They envision a world that is free from the destruction of the disease and its complications and they make it their mission to reduce the devastation of Diabetes to the public through research, partnerships, education, leaderships, programs, and policies that impart the meaning of scientific finding into everyday practices.

The do not have a facility that serves the public like a health department, but they provide other invaluable resources that are available online. These include for people living with Diabetes, such as diet, exercise, and financial assistance as well as education for people who do not have the disease, but may know of …