Incidence of Childhood Type 1 (Insulin Dependent) Diabetes Mellitus in Northeastern Thailand

OUYPORN PANAMONTA, M.D.*, MALINEE LAOPAIBOON, M.Sc. (Biostatistics)**, CHANIKA TUCHINDA, M.D.***

Affiliation : * Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, ** Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University. Khon Kaen 40002. *** Department of Pediatri~s. Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.

AbstractThe incidence of type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus in children under 15 years from northeastern Thailand was reported. Data of new cases from 1991 to 1995 were collected retrospectively by a mail survey from 257 government hospitals in the northeastern part of Thailand. The incidence rate of type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus was 0.3/100,000 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.24-0.38). The incidence rate in girls was 2 fold that of boys. More than half of the cases were diagnosed between the ages of I 0 and 14. These data indi- cated that incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus in Thailand is one of the lowest in the world.

Keywords : Childhood IDDM, Incidence, NE Thailand

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