Who is affected by type 1 diabetes

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Who is affected by type 1 diabetes

About 24 million people in the United States have diabetes; about 6.2 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 in every 400 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes.¹
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. It is not clear why this is occurring.²
White people have a higher rate of type 1 diabetes than other racial groups.

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Citations
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). National Diabetes Fact Sheet. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available online: http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/NationalDiabetesFactSheetRev.pdf.
Devendra D, et al. (2004). Type 1 diabetes: Recent developments. BMJ, 328(7442): 750–754.

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Author	Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Editor	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Editor	Pat Truman, MATC
Primary Medical Reviewer	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer	Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism
Last Updated	September 17, 2008

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Last updated:	September 17, 2008
Author:	Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Reviewed By:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC

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