title: Low incidence of childhood IDDM in district of Novosibirsk (Russia).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) among 0- to 14-yr-old children of the district of Novosibirsk, in western Siberia, Russia, from 1983 to 1989.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected with methods recommended by the Diabetes Epidemiology Research International Group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average yearly incidence among males and females was 4.7 (95% confidence interval 3.9-5.8) and 4.4 (95% confidence interval 3.6-5.4) per 100,000 people, respectively. The incidence of IDDM among children living in the city of Novosibirsk was significantly higher than in children living in the surrounding counties of the district, 5.7/100,000 (95% confidence interval 4.8-6.8) versus 3.6/100,000 (95% confidence interval 2.9-4.5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of childhood IDDM among Russians in Siberia is low. This is the first publication of internationally comparable data on the occurrence of childhood IDDM in the Russian population.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shubnikov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Podar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuomilehto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nikitin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology