South Carolina is on track to become 10th worst for diabetes in the nation.

A new study projects 16.6% of the state’s population will have the disease by 2030.

That’s an increase of over 38% in just 11 years, according to the PsyDprograms.org study.

PsyDPrograms.org analyzed data from the Institute of Alternative Futures which has projected diabetes rates by state and major metro areas in the US from 2015 to 2030.

Diabetes is a disease in which your blood sugar level is too high.

Sugar (glucose) comes from the foods you eat.

Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose enter your cells for energy, according to the US National Library of Medicine.

With type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin.

With type 2 diabetes, the more common type, your body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood.

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause serious problems. It can damage your eyes, kidneys, and nerves.

Diabetes can cause heart disease, stroke and even the need to remove a limb.

Today, over 30 million Americans suffer from the disease, 71,000 thousand limbs are amputated each year due to its complications, and it costs over $300 billion each year.

The CDC notes that areas with lower levels of education and higher obesity rates tend to have higher rates of diabetes.

West Virginia is expected to increase the most at 20.5% of its population having diabetes. Utah is expected to increase the least at 10.2%.

By 2030, the state with the highest rate of diabetes will be West Virginia.

There more than 20% of the population will be afflicted.

The state with the lowest projected diabetes rate is Utah where just 10% of people are projected to have the disease.

Among major metro areas examined, Miami is projected to have the highest diabetes rates and Minneapolis the lowest.

View the data at https://psydprograms.org/projected-diabetes-ratesin-america/ .