The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today released the report "Incidence of Insulin-treated Diabetes in Australia 2000-2011. The report presents the latest available data on new cases from Australia's National Diabetes Register.
Half of all those presenting with type 1 diabetes in Australia are aged 18 and under. Our overall rates of incidence are similar to those in Canada and the United States (23 new cases per 100,000 children) compared to the OECD average (17 per 100,000).
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