Incidence of type 1 diabetes in the children’s hospital dr. Robert reid cabral, 2010-2019. Dominican republic

Abstract

Background The Children HospitalDr.Robert Reid Cabral, the principal children hospital in the Dominican Republic has no recent data on type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence in children, therefore a study was undertaken to determine this in people aged <15 years (y). Methods Data were collected on all new T1D diagnoses between 2010-2019 from the The Children Hospital Dr. Robert Reid Cabral that care for children with T1D. Diagnosis was made according to standard American Diabetes Association criteria. No secondary ascertainment source was available. Significances around sex, age and incidence were assessed using the Chi-square (X2) and Pairwise Pearson Correlations tests. Results There were 513 new cases of T1D diagnosed in children aged < 15 y; a mean of 51.3 per year. Mean ± standard deviation age of T1D diagnosis was 8.5 ± 3.8 y, and there was also a not significant female preponderance ( p< 0.35). New cases were consistently highest in the 10-14 y (48.5%), and lowest in the 0-4 y age group (18.6%). Overall, mean crude annual incidence was 1.73 per 100,000 population, with no significant trend of increase or decrease.