Trends in prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents in the US, 2001–2017

Brief summary: This large repeated cross-sectional study identified all individuals aged <20 years with physician-diagnosed diabetes in 6 areas in the US in 2001, 2009, and 2017. Over these 16 years, the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) increased by 45% (95% CI, 40%–50%) and the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) almost doubled (relative increase 95.3%; 95% CI, 77.0%–115.4%).