Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Youth in 2009: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

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David J. Pettitt, Jennifer Talton, Dana Dabelea, Jasmin Divers, Giuseppina Imperatore, Jean M. Lawrence, Angela D. Liese, Barbara Linder, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, Catherine Pihoker, Sharon H. Saydah, Debra A. Standiford, and

Richard F. Hamman, for the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group

Diabetes Care Volume 37: 402-408

February, 2014

STUDY OBJECTIVE 

• To estimate the prevalence of diabetes in U.S. youth aged <20 years in 2009 and to estimate the total number of youth with diabetes in the U.S. by age, race/ethnicity, and diabetes type

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STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS

• The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study identified youth aged <20 years on 31 December 2009 with physician-diagnosed diabetes

• Youth were in selected areas of Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington; among health plan members of Kaiser Permanente Southern California; and among American Indians living on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico

• Diabetes was classified as type 1, type 2, or other

• Race/ethnicity was by self-report

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RESULTS

• From a population of 3,458,974 youth aged <20 years, 7,695 youth with diabetes were identified:

• 6,668 with type 1 diabetes• 837 with type 2 diabetes• 190 with other diabetes types

• Prevalence increased with age, was slightly higher in females, and was most prevalent in non-Hispanic white and least prevalent in Asian/Pacific Islanders

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RESULTS

• Native American and black youth had the highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes

• An estimated 191,986 U.S. youth aged <20 years have diabetes:

• 166,984 type 1 diabetes• 20,262 type 2 diabetes• 4,740 other types

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CONCLUSIONS

• Diabetes affects >190,000 (1 of 433) youth aged <20 years in the U.S.

• Racial and ethnic disparities are seen in diabetes prevalence, overall and by diabetes type

Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408