hrp0095p1-46 | Diabetes and Insulin | ESPE2022

The incidence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus has stopped falling and is rising again in Ireland – a preliminary report from the Irish Childhood Diabetes National Register

Roche Edna , McKenna Amanda , Ryder Kerry , Fitzgerald Helen , Hoey Hilary , O'Regan Myra

Introduction and Aim: The Incidence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) varies markedly between populations and over time. Recently a number of high incidence countries, including Ireland, have reported a stabilisation and/or reduction in their T1DM incidence rate (IR) in childhood. Ireland, a high incidence country for T1DM, experienced a dramatic increase in T1DM incidence between 1997 and 2008, a stabilisation in incidence between 2014 and 2018 followed by a...