.Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come out and stated that the rate at which new cases of diabetes are being diagnosed in the U.S. has doubled over the past decade.

The CDC stated that the rate at which type 2 diabetes was being diagnosed has doubled.

It went from 4.8 per 1,000 people from 1995 to 1997 all the way up to 9.1 per 1,000 people from 2005 to 2007.

This was found by using data from the CDC’s Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System to look at new diabetes cases across states.

The state with the highest rate of diabetes was West Virginia, which was at 12.7 per 1,000 people.

The lowest was in Minnesota with 5 per 1,000 people in the state.

The majority of these new cases were among type 2 diabetes, and was most prevalent in the South.

The South is believed to have the highest rate of diabetes due to risk factors such as obesity, as well as physical inactivity.

The author of the study, Karen Kirtland of the CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation, made it clear that lifestyle changes are needed to reduce the number of cases of diabetes.

Overall, there are 23.6 million American adults and kids with diabetes. 90% are type 2 diabetes.

The study was published in the October 31 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.