Published

2009.1.5

Issued by

IDF, International Diabetes Federation

Abstract

In 2007, the total child population of the world (0-14 years) was estimated to be 1.8 billion, of whom 0.02% have diabetes. This means that approximately 440,000 children around the world have diabetes with 70,000 new cases diagnosed each year (1). This very large number of children needs help to survive with injections of insulin to live a full life without restrictions or disabling complications and without being stigmatised for their diabetes.