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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Australia
Author(s) -
Moses Robert C.,
Matthews Jennifer A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb112344.x
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , incidence (geometry) , disease , pediatrics , epidemiology , demography , endocrinology , physics , sociology , optics
A survey to establish a register of diabetic children aged 0 to 19 years has been carried out in the Illawarra area of New South Wales. Four independent methods of case ascertainment were used. Fifty‐three patients with diabetes mellitus were identified, with a prevalence of the disease of 69/100 000. Ten patients with diabetes were diagnosed in 1984, giving an annual incidence of 13/100 000. No significant seasonality in onset of diabetes was demonstrated.