1. Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Youth in 2009: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Featured Article: David J. Pettitt, Jennifer Talton, Dana Dabelea, Jasmin Divers, Giuseppina Imperatore, Jean M. Lawrence, Angela D. Liese, Barbara Linder, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, Catherine Pihoker, Sharon H. Saydah, Debra A. Standiford, and Richard F. Hamman, for the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group Diabetes Care Volume 37: 402-408 February, 2014

2. STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of diabetes in U.S. youth aged <20 years in 2009 and to estimate the total number of youth with diabetes in the U.S. by age, race/ethnicity, and diabetes type Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

3. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study identified youth aged <20 years on 31 December 2009 with physician- diagnosed diabetes Youth were in selected areas of Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington; among health plan members of Kaiser Permanente Southern California; and among American Indians living on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico Diabetes was classified as type 1, type 2, or other Race/ethnicity was by self-report Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

4. RESULTS From a population of 3,458,974 youth aged <20 years, 7,695 youth with diabetes were identified: 6,668 with type 1 diabetes 837 with type 2 diabetes 190 with other diabetes types Prevalence increased with age, was slightly higher in females, and was most prevalent in non-Hispanic white and least prevalent in Asian/Pacific Islanders Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

5. RESULTS Native American and black youth had the highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes An estimated 191,986 U.S. youth aged <20 years have diabetes: 166,984 type 1 diabetes 20,262 type 2 diabetes 4,740 other types Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408

7. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes affects >190,000 (1 of 433) youth aged <20 years in the U.S. Racial and ethnic disparities are seen in diabetes prevalence, overall and by diabetes type Pettitt D. J. et al. Diabetes Care 2014;37:402-408