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According to Diabetes.org 25.8 million children and adults in the United States about 8.3% of the population have diabetes. About 1 in every 400 children have type 1 diabetes. http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-statistics/

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What is the probability your child will have diabetes if your husband is a type 1 diabetic and your mother had gestational diabetes when she was pregnant with you?

If mother had gestational diabetes when she was pregnant, then chances of having diabetes for a child is low. But gestational mother have more chances to have diabetes type 2. If this happens then the child diabetes risk is increased.If father have type 1 diabetes, then the child has some very low risk of having type 1 diabetes (autoimmune disorder). If father had type 2 diabetes then diabetes risk for the child is higher as compared to the mother with type 2 diabetes.


What is diabetes 1 and 2?

1 diabetes is diabetes that you are born with. 2 diabetes is a type that you get later in life usually related to eating bad food like junk food.


Can you get type 1 diabetes form being overweight?

No but you can get Type 2 Diabetes.


Can people under twenty have diabetes?

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What are the two types of statistics?

two types is: 1. Descriptive statistics. 2. Inferential statistics.


What is level 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is a type of diabetes where the individual is not fully dependent on insulin. A type 1 diabetic requires insulin.


Is type 1 diabetes worse then type 2?

Type 1 diabetes is less common than Type 2, but not necessarily worse. Type 1 diabetes requires the injection of insulin on a regular daily basis. Due to improvements in medical technology, the needles used for this purpose are now extremely fine (very small) to the point that you hardly feel the sting of the needle, if at all. Both forms of diabetes are easily treatable, requiring minimal lifestyle changes, compared to a decade ago.


How old is the youngest have get diabetes?

You can be born with diabetes. It is called Type 1. Type 2 diabetes you get when you are unhealthy and are not eating properly.


Is diabetes 1 more common than diabetes 2?

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What can Diabetes cause?

Type 1 Diabetes is caused when insulin-making cells are destroyed in the pancreas.Type 2 diabetes is caused when there is a lack of insulin available.


How many types of diabetic?

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What is the difference between type 1 error and type 2 error?

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