Prevalence of Diabetes in Michigan School-age Children

Kurt Gorwitz; Genevieve G Howen; Theodore Thompson

doi:10.2337/diab.25.2.122

Articles

Prevalence of Diabetes in Michigan School-age Children

Kurt Gorwitz, Sc.D.*,
Genevieve G Howen, M.D.† and
Theodore Thompson, M.D.‡

^*Assistant Director for Research and Analysis, Office of Health and Medical Affairs, Michigan Department of Management and Budget Lansing 48913
^†Children's Hospital 311 Pleasant Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
^‡Medical Consultant, Bureau of Personnel and Child Health Services, Michigan Department of Public Health

Diabetes 1976 Feb; 25(2): 122-127. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.25.2.122

Abstract

A mail survey of Michigan school districts elicited information of 2,816 children and adolescents with diabetes, a rate of 1.6 per 1,000. Rates were higher for females than males and for whites than non-whites and increased with advancing age. A total of 15.5 per cent were reported to be not receiving insulin by injection.