Table 1.
Type 1 diabetes incidence in children – the gross incidence rate per 100 000 person/y in Croatia and different Croatian regions from 1995 to 2003
| Age/sex (years) | Croatia* |
Eastern Croatia |
Central Croatia |
Southern Croatia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of patients | incidence rate | 95% confidence interval | number of patients | incidence rate | 95% confidence interval | number of patients | incidence rate | 95% confidence interval | number of patients | incidence rate | 95% confidence interval | |
|
0-4 |
134 |
5.8 |
4.8-6.7 |
38 |
7.6 |
5.4-10.8 |
57 |
5.6 |
4.2-7.4 |
40 |
6.0 |
4.3-8.3 |
|
5-9 |
255 |
9.8 |
8.6-11.0 |
47 |
9.1 |
6.7-12.3 |
107 |
10.3 |
8.4-12.6 |
101 |
14.1 |
11.5-17.4 |
|
10-14 |
303 |
11.1 |
9.9-12.4 |
55 |
10.3 |
7.7-13.6 |
125 |
11.2 |
9.3-13.5 |
122 |
15.4 |
12.7-18.6 |
|
0-14 |
692 |
9.1 |
8.4-9.7 |
140 |
8.9 |
7.4-10.7 |
289 |
8.6 |
7.6-9.8 |
263 |
10.9 |
9.4-12.6 |
|
0-14 boys |
369 |
9.4 |
8.5-10.4 |
74 |
9.5 |
7.4-12.1 |
155 |
9.3 |
7.8-11.0 |
140 |
11.8 |
9.8-14.2 |
| 0-14 girls | 323 | 8.7 | 7.7-9.6 | 66 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.9 | 134 | 8.0 | 6.7-9.7 | 123 | 10.1 | 8.2-12.4 |
*Data for Croatia as a whole are obtained from previous studies (16,17).