In Finland, the incidence is a high of 57 per 100,000 per year, in Japan and China a low of 1 to 3 per 100,000 per year, and in Northern Europe and the U.S., an intermediate of 8 to 17 per 100,000 per year.
Pojavnost sladkorne bolezni tipa 1 se povečuje za približno 3 % na leto.