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UK fifth highest in world for child type 1 diabetes [1]

Submitted by aabolina on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 10:55

The UK ranks the fifth highest in the world for the rate of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, figures reveal.

Each year in the UK more than 24 in every 100,000 children aged 14 and younger are told that they have this form of diabetes, which must be treated with insulin.

Read the full article here [2]

Source: BBC News


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Source URL: http://www.idf.org/uk-fifth-highest-world-child-type-1-diabetes

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/uk-fifth-highest-world-child-type-1-diabetes
[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20875495