The City of Mobile has the highest rate of diabetes within the last year. That’s according to a new study that surveyed nearly 200 communities across the country last year.
A Gallup-Healthways report released yesterday says 17.7 percent of adults in Mobile in 2015 had diabetes.
The report found the overall incidence of diabetes in U.S. adults has grown from 10.6 percent in 2008 to 11.5 percent.
The community rankings were based on telephone interviews with 246,620 adults from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Of the 190 communities studied, Charleston, West Virginia has the second highest rate of diabetes at percent.