Incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in young adults: experience of 1,587,630 US Navy enlisted personnel.
First hospitalizations (n = 1,293) for diabetes mellitus between 1974 and 1988 were used as a surrogate for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus incidence among 17-34-year-old US Navy enlisted personnel followed for 6,077,856 person-years. In the 15-year period, the overall incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was 21.3 per 100,000 person-years. Incidence did not differ significantly by sex, but was higher for blacks than whites (28.4 vs. 20.2 per 100,000 person-years, respectively; p < 0.05). Incidence increased with age threefold for white men and fivefold for black men (p < 0.05) between the ages of 17-19 and 30-34 years.
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Health Sciences and Epidemiology Department, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92186-5122.
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Barrett-Connor
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American