Development of a registry for diabetes in persons 0-19 years of age in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
A juvenile-onset diabetes registry was recently established in the United States Virgin Islands. Hospital and clinic records were used as the primary sources of case data, while data procured through a physician survey and mass media campaign were used to assess the completeness and validity of the registry listings. The data indicated that 39 people 0-19 years old developed diabetes during the study period (1 January 1979-31 December 1988), of whom 36 probably had Type 1 diabetes. Completeness of the primary source data was estimated at 92.3% and validity seemed very good (around 100%). Evaluation of these registry data has provided new insights into the epidemiology of Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tull
E S
ES
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Christian
C L
CL
Roseman
J M
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D012042:Registries; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014767:United States Virgin Islands / Q000453:epidemiology