November is Diabetes Awareness Month!  November also has World Diabetes Day on November 14th. 

Here are some facts to raise your awareness!  Check out the books and videos in the virtual display to learn more.

• More than 34 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 in 5 of them don’t know they have it.
• Diabetes is one of the most common chronic conditions in school-age youth in the United States, affecting about 193,000 youth under 20 years old. 
• More than 88 million US adults—over a third—have prediabetes, and more than 84% of them don’t know they have it.
• Diabetes is the 7^th leading cause of death in the United States (and may be underreported).