Who Is Affected by Type 1 Diabetes
About 24 million people in the United States have
diabetes; about 5.7 million of those people don't know
that they have it.
About 5% to 10% of people with diabetes have
type 1 diabetes.1
- About 1 out of 500 children and teens has
type 1 diabetes.2
- Type 1 diabetes most
often develops in girls around 10 to 12 years of age and in boys around 12 to
14 years of age.
- The incidence of type 1 diabetes seems to be
increasing, and there appears to be an increase among young children,
especially from birth to age 4.
- White people have a higher rate of type 1
diabetes than other racial groups.
Citations
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2007. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2007.pdf.
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Laffel L, et al. (2005). Treatment of the child and
adolescent with diabetes. In CR Kahn et al., eds., Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus, 14th ed., pp. 711–736. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams and Wilkins.
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By
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Healthwise Staff |
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Primary Medical Reviewer
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John Pope, MD - Pediatrics |
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Specialist Medical Reviewer
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David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC - Endocrinology |
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Last Revised
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September 14, 2010 |
Last Revised:
September 14, 2010
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2007. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2007.pdf.
Laffel L, et al. (2005). Treatment of the child and
adolescent with diabetes. In CR Kahn et al., eds., Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus, 14th ed., pp. 711–736. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams and Wilkins.
