Ogle G D, Lesley J, Sine P, McMaster P
HOPE worldwide, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
P N G Med J. 2001 Sep-Dec;44(3-4):96-100.
Anecdotal and published information suggest a low incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Incidence and prevalence were followed prospectively from July 1996, using the PNG Paediatric Surveillance Unit (PSU). No children were receiving insulin in Papua New Guinea at the start of the period. Over the next 4.5 years, 8 cases were reported--an annual incidence of 0.08/100,000 children aged < 15 years and a prevalence of 0.28/100,000 aged < 15 years. These figures are as low as any reported elsewhere. Three cases were from the small expatriate population. All cases in Melanesian children posed significant management problems, with two children dying during the study period.
轶事性及已发表的信息表明，巴布亚新几内亚（PNG）1型糖尿病的发病率和患病率较低。1996年7月起，通过巴布亚新几内亚儿科监测单位（PSU）对发病率和患病率进行前瞻性跟踪。在此期间开始时，巴布亚新几内亚没有儿童接受胰岛素治疗。在接下来的4.5年里，报告了8例病例——15岁以下儿童的年发病率为0.08/10万，15岁以下儿童的患病率为0.28/10万。这些数字与其他地方报告的任何数字一样低。3例来自少量的外籍人口。美拉尼西亚儿童的所有病例都带来了重大的管理问题，在研究期间有两名儿童死亡。
