Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes is an urgent medical and social problem. This disease has a prevalence of features of the epidemic, which covers the majority of economically developed countries. Complications of diabetes are the cause of early disability and high mortality of children. Incidence of diabetes among children is significantly different in different countries. The highest incidence rates observed in the Scandinavian countries. Countries with low incidence – Chile, Mexico, and China. Belarus indicated an average incidence of diabetes.

Aim: To evaluate the dynamics of morbidity with diabetes in children living in the western region Belarus, for the period from 2002 to 2012. Identify the influence of various factors on the development of diabetes in children.

Materials and methods: An analysis of 75 outpatient children aged from 1 to 15 years, suffering from diabetes and living in the Western region of Belarus. By according to statistical reports of the dynamics of morbidity in children over the past 10 years.

Results: Over the past 10 years has increased the number of children with diabetes, with 46.3 cases/100 000 children to 70.1 cases/100 000 children. Of these, new cases in 2002 was 7.6/100 000 children, in 2012 – 13.4/100 000 children. With age, number of children with diabetes, increased from 15.5 to 135, 8/100 000 children. Most children (96.0%) suffering from type 1 diabetes. Girls suffer more likely than boys (60 and 40% respectively, P<0.05). In 85.3% of cases beginning disease have been associated with respiratory infections child, 6.5% of cases the disease was associated with transferred psychological stress. 60% of children fall ill diabetes in the winter and 26.7% of children – in autumn period. Only 8.0% of the cases was a family history of diabetes.

Conclusion: Thus, for the period from 2002 to 2012 incidence of diabetes in children living in western region of Belarus grew by 1.5 times. Girls suffer from diabetes than boys. The main cause of illness onset diabetes is respiratory infection. In this connection, to prevent diabetes should be active prevention of children’s respiratory infections in autumn winter period.