The Rising Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes in the Northeastern Part of Thailand(cid:31)
Ouyporn Panamonta MD*, Jarubutr Thamjaroen MSc**, Manat panamonta MD*, Naree Panamonta MD***, Chatchai Suesirisawat MD****
Affiliation : (cid:31) This manuscript was presented at The 8th Joint Meeting of the LWPES/ESPE, September 9-12, 2009, New York City, USA * Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ** Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand *** Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand **** Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Objective : To determine the incidence of T1DM in children under 15 years in 19 provinces in northeast Thailand.
Material and Method: Data of new cases of T1DM during 10 years between 1996 and 2005 were collected retrospectively
by a mail survey from 275 hospitals in northeast Thailand.
Results : Three hundred forty cases, 134 (39.4%) boys and 206 (60.6%) girls were identified. The incidence rate of T1DM was
0.6/100,000/year (95% confidence interval 0.57; 0.71), a two-fold increased from the previous study between 1991 and 1995.
More than half of the cases were diagnosed between the ages of 10 and 14 and the incidence rate in girls was 1.5 fold that of
boys.
Conclusion : Though the increased in incidence rate, the study indicated that the incidence of T1DM in northeast Thailand is
still one of the very low incidence rates in the world.
Keywords : Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Incidence, Northeast Thailand
