Prediabetes Risk Test

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* 1. What county do you live in?

Carter

Douglas

Howell

Oregon

Ozark

Reynolds

Shannon

Texas

Wright

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How old are you?

Younger than 40 (0 points)

40 - 49 years (1 point)

50 - 59 (2 points)

60 years or older (3 points)

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* 3. Are you a man or woman?

Man (1 point)

Woman (0 points)

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* 4. If you are a woman, have you ever been diagnosed with gestational diabetes?

Yes (1 point)

No (0 points)

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* 5. Do you have a mother, father, sister or brother with diabetes?

Yes (1 point)

No (0 points)

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* 6. Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure?

Yes (1 point)

No (0 points)

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* 7. Are you physically active?

Yes (0 points)

No (1 point)

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* 8. Using the chart below, what is your weight category?

0 points

1 point

2 points

3 points

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* 9. Clicking "done" below will give your total points.

If you scored 5 points or higher, you are at risk for having prediabetes and are at high risk for type 2 diabetes.

However, only your doctor can tell for sure if you have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

You can reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes. Please contact the Douglas County Health Department at 417-683-4174 if interested in the CDC-recognized lifestyle change program for the prevention of type 2 diabetes.