Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children in Cáceres, Spain, during 1988-1999

Cáceres has a moderately high incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children less than 14 years of age, similar to that found in other more developed and densely populated regions of Spain, and in the range of other countries of northern Europe. These data do not support the hypothesis of a decrease in the incidence of the disease from north to south over Europe.