Increase in Incidence of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus among Children in Finland

Abstract

The incidence of IDDM in Finnish children seems to increase further. During the last decades the increase in incidence has been almost linear with occasional peaks. The age-at-diagnosis of IDDM has been moving towards the younger ages, and differences in incidence between age groups have now almost disappeared among Finnish children aged 1-14 years.