Shanghai, China, has the lowest confirmed incidence of childhood diabetes in the world.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in 0- to 14-year-old children in Shanghai, China, from 1980 to 1991.


METHODS
Data were collected from hospitals with pediatric departments. The secondary source of validation was primary and middle schools.


RESULTS
The average crude annual incidence rate was 0.61/100,000 (95% confidence interval, 0.48-0.77). The ascertainment-corrected incidence rates were 0.72/100,000 (0.57-0.91).


CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of childhood diabetes in Shanghai, China, was one of the lowest, if not the lowest, in the world.
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Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Hospital of Pediatrics, Shanghai Medical University, China.
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Chen
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Wang
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Ye
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LaPorte
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Tajima
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D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution