Chapter 2: Prevalence and Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes ...

CHAPTER 2

PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF TYPE 1 DIABETES AMONG CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND COMPARISON WITH NON-U.S. COUNTRIES

Giuseppina Imperatore, MD, PhD, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, PhD, Trevor J. Orchard, MD, and Victor W. Zhong, PhD

Dr. Giuseppina Imperatore is Team Lead, Epidemiology and Statistics Branch, Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis is Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Trevor J. Orchard is Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine & Pediatrics, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Victor W. Zhong is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

The findings and conclusions in this chapter are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SUMMARY

Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood in the United States, accounting for nearly 98% of all cases of diabetes in children age ................
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