title: The incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Israeli children and adolescents 0-20 years of age: a retrospective study, 1975-1980.
abstract: A survey of the entire population of Israel revealed 392 newly diagnosed type I diabetic children and adolescents aged 0-20 for the period of 1975-80. The mean annual age specific incidence of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus was 3.8/10(5) for the age group 0-14 yr and 4.2/10(5) for the age group 0-20 yr. The incidence among the Jews of Ashkenazi origin was 6.8 X 10(5) and that for Jews of non-Ashkenazi origin was 4.3 X 10(5), whereas that for the Arabs was 1.2 X 10(5). The overall incidence is lower than that reported for similar populations in most European countries, the USA, Canada, and New Zealand; similar to that reported for Arabs in Kuwait; and higher than only that found in Japan. The relative importance of environmental and genetic factors in the interpopulation differences in incidence of type I diabetes remains to be established.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies