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Question asked by: Rhae (15) ---NSW

Question: Hey, i was just wondering what the recent statistics are for adolescents with diabetes. Thanks!

Answer:

Dear Rhae

Thank you for your question to the forum.

 

There are approximately 10,000 young people with type 1 diabetes age 15-25 years.

Unfortunately not all states and territories keep registers of how many people have type 1 diabetes,  so we don’t have accurate information across Australia.   We also don’t have accurate statistics on how many teenagers have type 2 diabetes.

 


Angie Middlehurst
Paediatric Diabetes Educator
Australian Diabetes Council