Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):75-77

Trends in the Incidence of Childhood-onset Type 1 Diabetes in Slovakia 1985-2000

Michalková D.¹, Minárik P.², Hlava P.³, Čamajová J.², Nazarov V.², Slovak Epidemiological Study Group of Children Diabetologists

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Bratislava

² Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

³ Institute of Health Information and Statistics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

The aim of this work was to study and monitor the patterns in incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Slovakia. The incidence of type 1 diabetes per 100,000/year from 1985 to 2000 was determined in children 0 - 14 years old. A total of 1,818 cases were diagnosed during this time. Poisson regression models were used to study incidence trends. The overall incidence of type 1 diabetes varied from 5.62/100,000 per year in year 1986 to 14.46/100,000 in year 1998. This represents a 2.57-fold increase. The incidence increased with age and was the highest among children 10-14 years of age. The incidence of type 1 diabetes in Slovakia is increasing very dramatically, especially in age group 0 - 4 years.

Keywords: diabetes type 1, children, Slovakia

Received: May 28, 2003; Revised: January 6, 2004; Accepted: January 6, 2004; Published: June 1, 2004  Show citation