Increase in Young needing Insulin
Wednesday 17th June 2009 18:40
Diabetes in very young children is increasing at an alarming rate. There will be twice as many under 5s with type 1 diabetes by 2020 than there were in 2005 if trends continue. The number of sufferers up to the age of 15 is expected to rise quickly. Researchers have said up to 24,400 new child cases are predicted in Europe in 2020, up from 15,000 new cases in 2005. Amongst the under 5s the cases would increase from 3,530 to about 7,140. The increase is too steep to be put down to genetic factors alone, the researchers wrote in The Lancet.
