Vlajinac H, Sipetić S, Adanja B, Jarebinski M
Medicinski fakultet, Epidemioloski institut, Beograd.
Med Pregl. 1994 Jan-Feb;47(1-2):27-9.
The data on insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus incidence in the population of Belgrade from the age of 0 to 19 have been gathered retrogradely. Two sources of data were used: hospital documentation and Registers for diabetics. During the period 1990-1992, 99 persons got sick of insulin-dependent diabetes while possibility includes 95.05% newly sick. The average rates of incidence, standardized according to the age distribution in the world population were 9.7/10000 (95% the confidence interval 6.5-14.0) for the age from 0-14 and 8.4 (95% confidence interval 5.8-11.8) for the age 0-19. The rates were highest from the age of 5-9 and 10 to 14. The relation of rates between sexes approximately equals one, but according to the age, differences between sexes were expressed. In females the highest rates of incidence were recorded at the age of 5, 7 and 8 and in males at the age of 7, 11 and 12. According to the results of this investigation, Belgrade belongs to areas with averagely high rates of incidence concerning insulin-dependent diabetes.
