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Childhood‐onset Diabetes in the White and South Asian Population in Leicestershire, UK
Author(s) -
Gujral J. S.,
McNally P. G.,
Botha J. L.,
Burden A. C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1994.tb02037.x
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , diabetes mellitus , population , census , pediatrics , type 2 diabetes , epidemiology , prevalence , ethnic group , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , endocrinology
The prevalence of childhood‐onset Type 1 diabetes mellitus is important for determining health care provisions. In Leicestershire 13.5% of the childhood population (0–14 years) is of South Asian origin (census 1991). This study determined the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in Whites and South Asians in Leicestershire, using a capture/recapture method to coincide with the 1991 Census day. Children (0–14 years) with Type 1 diabetes were captured from the central diabetic register. The health visitor and consultant records were used to recapture the cases. Total ascertainment of cases was 95–100%. The prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in White children (107 cases) was 0.75/1000 children (95% CI 0.61–0.89) compared with the South Asian prevalence (18 cases) of 0.77/1000 (95% CI 0.41–1.13). The overall prevalence in White males was 0.82/1000 (0.61–1.03) compared with 0.68/1000 (0.48–0.87) in females. In South Asian males it was 0.59/1000 (0.15–1.03) compared with 0.96/1000 (0.39–1.53) in females. The prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in children of South Asian migrants to the United Kingdom cannot be said to be different from White children.