[Socio-demographic characteristics of the families of children with diabetes mellitus].

++Semi-closed interview was used to examine some social and demographic characteristics in 201 families having children of the school age suffering from diabetes mellitus (a random sample). Among sick children of Moscow highly aggravated heredity as regards diabetes mellitus was established (44.28%). In the first year of life, the majority of diabetes mellitus children had unsatisfactory living conditions, the family income per capita was low. Today 16.4% of the children continue having unsatisfactory living conditions; in the majority of the families (62.7%), the income per capita does not exceed 100 roubles. Among parents of diabetes mellitus children, the main group is made up of white collars, engaged primarily in intellectual activity and having a high educational level. The latter circumstance makes it possible to perfect the methods of the control over diabetes mellitus children in the family itself, which is to be coupled with systematic sanitary and instructive work on the part of the public health bodies.