Who is affected by type 1 diabetes

About 20.8 million people in the United States have diabetes; about 6.2 million of those people don't know that they have it.¹

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.

Author:	Robin Parks, MS	Last Updated: November 21, 2006
Medical Review:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism
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