title: [Incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes occurring before 20 years of age in France].
abstract: Incidence rates of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are distributed over Europe along a North to South gradient where the values observed in Finland are 7-fold greater than in the South. According to previous data, France represented the bottom of this gradient. A survey in 1988 and 1989 was conducted in order to record all newly diagnosed diabetic children under 20 years of age, in 4 French regions: Aquitaine, Lorraine, lower Normandie, upper Normandie. The mean annual incidence rate was 7.3/10(5), without any significant geographical variation. Age-specific incidence rates indicated two peaks: one in the younger age group and the other around puberty, already described in most incidence studies. The study confirms that France is a country with one of the lowest incidence rate in Europe. It also suggests that incidence has increased over the past decades as in other countries.
authors.affiliation: Service de diabétologie, hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lévy-Marchal
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Papoz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Beaufort
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doutreix
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Froment
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Voirin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czernichow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Incidence du diabète insulinodépendant survenant avant l'âge de 20 ans en France.