What CDC is Doing SEARCH FACTS In the year 2009, approximately 3.5 million children and youth less than 20 years of age were under surveillance at the five SEARCH centers to estimate how many children or young people had DM (prevalent cases); SEARCH provides estimates of 2009 DM prevalence (2.2 per 1,000) (Diabetes Care. 2014 Feb;37(2):402-8.). SEARCH prevalence data indicate that in the U.S., at least 191,986 youth have DM. DM prevalence varies across major racial/ethnic groups: Non-Hispanic white youth less than 20 years have the highest burden of DM (about 1 of 370), followed by non-Hispanic Black youth (about 1 in 438). Asian/Pacific Islanders have the lowest burden of DM (about 1 in 1,250) In children 0–9 years of age non-Hispanic whites have the highest prevalence (about 2/1,000). In this age group across all race/ethnic groups, type 1 DM is the most common form of diabetes. The study found that type 2 DM is extremely rare in children of all races younger than 10 years of age. Type 1 DM prevalence is 1.93/1,000 and it is the most common form of DM in all racial/ethnic groups except in American Indian youth. Type 2 prevalence is 0.24/1,000 and it represented 5.5% of the cases of diabetes in Non-Hispanic White, 37.6% in Non-Hispanic Black, 35.2% in Hispanic, 34.2% in Asian/Pacific Islander, and 80% among American Indian youth. Since 2002, approximately 4.9 million children less than 20 years of age (approximately 6 percent), each year have been under surveillance at the SEARCH research centers to estimate how many children/youth develop diabetes (incidence cases) per year; Based on 2008 and 2009 data, the overall incidence is estimated to be 28.1 per Group of teenage friends standing together 100,000 per year. Annually, an estimated 18,436 youth are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and 5,089 youth are diagnosed with type 2. Among youth aged
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