Increasing incidence of type I diabetes in The Netherlands. The second nationwide study among children under 20 years of age.

Objective: A nationwide retrospective study was conducted to assess the incidence of type I diabetes in The Netherlands among children < 20 years of age in 1988-1990. The first study with a similar design covered 1978-1980.

Research Design And Methods: The capture-recapture census method was chosen for analysis of the data.

The incidence of male childhood type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is rising rapidly in The Netherlands.

This study evaluates the cumulative incidence of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in male army conscripts 0-18 (inclusive) years of age in the Netherlands (birth cohorts) over 10 years. Data from 2136 cases were retrieved from files of the conscript registry of the Royal Dutch Army. Ascertainment was sought by the capture-recapture method, achieving an average ascertainment rate of 89.

[15 years of national screening for phenylketonuria in The Netherlands; 4th Report of the National Commission for Management of Phenylketonuria].

In the period 1st September 1974 to 1st January 1989 2,511,000 infants (99.3% of all livebirths) were screened for PKU. Treatment was required in 158 of the 330 referred infants.