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Animas Corp. saves lives by helping iPump give free insulin pumps to people with diabetes.

American Diabetes Wholesalers has donated tens of thousands of dollars in diabetes supplies to help diabetics in need!

 

  Kentucky Diabetes Statistics and Death Rates
     and Kentucky Donors and Corporate Sponsors

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Kentucky diabetes statistics and death rates:

  • 6.7 out of every 100 adults in Kentucky has diabetes, ranking it 24th in the nation for the ratio of people with diabetes to the general population.
  • 30.9 out of every adult 100,000 deaths in Kentucky are due to diabetes; ranking the 9th highest state in the nation for the number of diabetes-related deaths.
  • In 2005, 261,000 Kentucky adults were diagnosed with diabetes and by 2007 10% of the total adult population had been diagnosed with diabetes.

Source:  Kentucky State Diabetes Death Statistics.; Kentucky State Health Facts.

You Can Prevent Diabetes Deaths in Kentucky!  

There may not be a cure for diabetes but today you can help us in our fight to put an end to one cause of death from diabetes – the lack of medical care, insulin, and diabetes supplies for those who cannot afford them.  Donate today and help keep people in Kentucky with diabetes alive until there is a cure.

Kentucky Donors Saving Lives

Here are iPump's wonderful Kentucky donors that have sent in-kind and other donations that helped make it possible for us to give away diabetes supplies to thousands of people with diabetes in the United States:

(updated 12/31/2008)

Harris, Mrs.  07/08/08
Harris, W. 09/05/08
Wells, Nancy 11/03/08

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See state-by-state some of the people with diabetes who we've helped stay alive while we wait for a cure for diabetes.

Client Map - People with diabetes iPump has helped.

Why support iPump?

I want to save lives in Kentucky too!

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