Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in youth by age group

Prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in youth in the United States, from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study group, 2001 to 2017. For type 1 diabetes, there are 2 peaks in incidence: in mid-childhood and early puberty. This bimodal distribution is not evident from the age categories used for this figure. For type 2 diabetes, there were no data for children <10 years.