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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Leading charity Diabetes UK has called the latest child type 2 diabetes figures “extremely worrying”.
According to the National Diabetes Peadiatric Audit (NPDA) there are now 533 children and young people who have the condition in the UK.
There are an estimated 31,500 children and young people with diabetes, under the age of 19, in the UK.
About 95.1 per cent have type 1 diabetes, about 1. 9 per cent have type 2 diabetes and 2.73 per cent have maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY), cystic fibrosis-related diabetes related diabetes or their diagnosis is not defined.
http://diabetestimes.co.uk/diabetes-uk-responds-to-latest-child-type-2-figures/
According to the National Diabetes Peadiatric Audit (NPDA) there are now 533 children and young people who have the condition in the UK.
There are an estimated 31,500 children and young people with diabetes, under the age of 19, in the UK.
About 95.1 per cent have type 1 diabetes, about 1. 9 per cent have type 2 diabetes and 2.73 per cent have maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY), cystic fibrosis-related diabetes related diabetes or their diagnosis is not defined.
http://diabetestimes.co.uk/diabetes-uk-responds-to-latest-child-type-2-figures/