Diabetes

American Diabetes Association
website: diabetes.org
400 Poydras Street, #1780
New Orleans, LA, 70130
(504) 889-0278
504-654-1827 fax
1 888 DIABETES

Hey New Orleans Musicians:

let's change the staggering impact of diabetes on our friends. Please be informed and help the NOMC keep music alive by telling others! You can PREVENT DEATH BY LIFESTYLE

• 7 out of every 100 adults in Louisiana has diabetes, ranking the state 10th highest in the nation for the ratio of people with diabetes in the general population.(Louisiana Health Stats)
• Approximately 42 out of every 100,000 adult deaths in Louisiana are due to diabetes, making LA the #1 state with highest rate of deaths from diabetes. (Louisiana Health Stats)
• In 2005, 269,000 adults in Louisiana were diagnosed with diabetes and by 2007, 10% of the total adult population had been diagnosed with diabetes. Another 1% of Louisianans have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes. . (Louisiana Health Stats)
• African Americans comprise nearly 32% of Louisiana’s population, but possess the highest diabetes prevalence rate and highest diabetes death rate. . (Louisiana Health Stats)
• African Americans have the highest prevalence of diabetes, with a 13.7% diagnosis rate, compared to 8.2% of Hispanics and 8.9% of the white population.(Center for Disease Control: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System).

Brian Kendal Savegar
August 24, 1932 – March 31, 2007

Brian Kendal Savegar was born in Abergavenny, Wales (UK), with a pencil in one hand and a jazz record in the other. 
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The Brian Savegar Diabetes Fund supports peer counseling between musicians who are successfully managing their diabetes and musicians who have recently been diagnosed. Musicians enrolled in the program also serve as “good health” mentors for children at New Orleans schools.

You can keep your music alive by signing up for our NOMC Musicians’ monthly Diabetes luncheons

Contact:

Rose Mancini, RN
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Supported by a grant from the Edward Wisner Donation Trust