Incidence of insulin dependent diabetes in children aged under 15 years in the British Isles during 1988.
BMJPublished 23 February 1991Open access
M Alison Metcalfe, J D Baum
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There seems to have been an increase in the incidence rate of insulin dependent diabetes in children under the age of 15 years during the 15 year time period, and this would be a matter of considerable public health concern.
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Insulin dependent diabetes in the British Isles does not seem to occur uniformly over time or geographical area. Even allowing for differences in ascertainment between the 1973-4 and 1988 studies, there seems to have been an increase in the incidence rate of insulin dependent diabetes in children under the age of 15 years during the 15 year time period. If diabetes is becoming more common in this age group, possibly by developing earlier in susceptible children, this would be a matter of considerable public health concern.
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