Diabetes: Children

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 22 April 2022.

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Photo of Carla Lockhart Carla Lockhart DUP, Upper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 were diagnosed with diabetes in each of the last five years.

Photo of Maria Caulfield Maria Caulfield The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

The following table shows the number of people in England under the age of 18 years old diagnosed with diabetes by type in each of the five years.

Diagnosis year

Type 1

Type 2 and other

2017

2,975

490

2018

2,975

515

2019

3,145

605

2020

3,620

570

2021

4,095

785

Source: National Diabetes Audit

Note:

Data was collected from primary care with general practitioner practice participation at 95% or over for all the Audit years.

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