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Diabetes, type 1

How common is type 1 diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes is much less common than type 2.

This is what we know from the research.

More than 23 million Americans have diabetes. That's almost 8 in 100 people in America. But only 5 in 100 to 10 in 100 people with diabetes have type 1.

Source:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
National diabetes statistics: 2007.
June 2008. Available at http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics (accessed on 19 December 2008 2008).

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About 1 in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes.

Source:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
National diabetes statistics: 2007.
June 2008. Available at http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics (accessed on 19 December 2008 2008).

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Type 1 diabetes is getting more common. The numbers all over the world are increasing each year, and children are being diagnosed younger. But we don't know why this is.

Source:
World Health Organization.
Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications: report of a WHO consultation.
Geneva, 1999.

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Source:
Onkamo P, Vaananen S, Karvonen M, et al.
Worldwide increase in incidence of Type I diabetes - the analysis of the data on published incidence trends.
Diabetologia. 1999; 42: 1395–1403.

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Sources for the information on this page:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.National diabetes statistics: 2007.June 2008. Available at http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics (accessed on 19 December 2008 2008).

World Health Organization.Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications: report of a WHO consultation. Geneva, 1999.

Onkamo P, Vaananen S, Karvonen M, et al.Worldwide increase in incidence of Type I diabetes - the analysis of the data on published incidence trends.Diabetologia. 1999; 42: 1395–1403.

This information was last updated on Jan 07, 2009

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