Let’s take a look at some European juvenile diabetes statistics first. In Europe, best-guess estimates are that new cases of juvenile diabetes are likely to double over the next decade or so. And WebMD sources expect the United States will see this same trend very shortly. Some juvenile diabetes statistics from Europe of particular interest are:

• New cases of juvenile diabetes are increasing by 3.9% a year. This is not a good trend, and the most new cases are being diagnosed in the younger children
• The increase is in all ages between birth and 14 years old. But the greatest increase was in the younger age group, where children under the age of 5 are showing an increase of 5.4%
• Using math on current juvenile diabetes statistics data will show an increase of 70% by the turn of the next decade (somewhere in 2020 or 2021)
• In the same decade,