What type of diabetes is most common? Type 1 or Type 2?

i am doing a science project about diabetes. Which type is most common to people? Tpye 1 diabetes or Type 2 diabetes?
-iluvtigger12

In the developed world, especialy in the West, Type 2 is about 90% of diabetes mellitus cases, with Type 1 being almost all of the rest. The CDC in Atlanta declared the increase in the rate of diabetes (mostly Type 2) to be an epidemic several years ago.

In undeveloped parts of the world, Type 1 is a higher proportion.

Type 2 is strongly inherited, but is uncommon in those who are thin and who get a lot of exercise, even if they have Type 2 relatives. The "Western diet" high in calries, trans fats and fats generally, hs a partial cause, it seems. for instance, the Pima Indians who live on the US side of the SW border have very high rates of Type 2, high rates of obesity, and eat a typical diet (chips and dip, lots of meat, lots of salty junk foods, ...), while their relatives (essentially the same genes) on the Mexican side are much thinner, mastly haven't eaten the high fat junk food diest from North of the border, and have low rates of Type 2.
And some of the connection with obesity is finally becoming clear. Fat in and around the abdominal organs is an active producer of homones and immune system inflammation. Among its effects, it seems are signals which tell many body tissues to stop paying attention to insulin. Fat just under ths kin or on hips or thighs, doesn't seem to be involved.

Type 1 is also inherited (but not so strongly), or actually a particular JLA immune system self tag is, and people with that tag have a much higher rate of Type 1 after some infections (German measles and virus infections, especially from the Coxsacki family of viruses). The trigger is for an immune system attack on the beta cells in the pancreas (they produce insulin when it's needed after a meal).

you might also look into the Wikipedia articles about diabetes. They're not bad, and will sever as a reasonable place to start.

type 2 is way more common

Type II is way more common!

i don't really know but i know that if you get no.2 it means that ur glucose is high and you are overweight and having too much sugar in your diet
but i don't know about number 1

In the US, about 90% of diabetics are type II and 10% are type I. More info: http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic134....


edit: Bril, that's not quite correct. Type I usually begins in childhood and type II usually begins in adulthood but these are not hard and fast rules. More importantly, the primary derangement in each is different - type I have pancreatic islet beta cell destruction and lose their capacity to produce endogenous insulin (hence, they must inject exogenous insulin to survive). Type II make as much or more insulin than healthy individuals, but their peripheral tissues (fat and muscle cells) are less responsive to it, so they take less in and more is left in the blood. End result of both: high fasting blood glucose levels and all the health consequences that come along with that...but their blood sugar is high for different reasons.

Type 1 Diabetes
Under 20 years of age: 176,500, or 0.22% of all people in this age group have diabetes. About one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes (most common)
Although type 2 diabetes can occur in youth, the nationally representative data that would be needed to monitor diabetes trends in youth by type are not available. Clinically-based reports and regional studies suggest that type 2 diabetes, although still rare, is being diagnosed more frequently in children and adolescents, particularly in American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanic/Latino Americans.
Age 20 years or older: 20.6 million, or 9.6% of all people in this age group have diabetes.

Age 60 years or older: 10.3 million, or 20.9% of all people in this age group have diabetes.

Men: 10.9 million, or 10.5% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes although nearly one third of them do not know it.

Women: 9.7 million, or 8.8% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes although nearly one third of them do not know it. The prevalence of diabetes is at least 2 to 4 times higher among non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic/Latino American, American Indian, and Asian/Pacific Islander women than among non-Hispanic white women.

Type 2 usually Type 1 is inherited as is some forms of Type 2 but usually Type 2 comes from what you eat all your life.

All depends really - I dont think there is an average although Type 1 is more common now amongst young people with all the junk food and bad diets that they have. Type 2 is more common in middle aged people and is normally only diagnosed through the discovery of a visible blood vessel somewhere on the body - in my case it was in my eye - I looked like Arnie from Terminator.

90 % are type 2 and 10% are type 1's. I am a type 1 and that is what I have always been told. (the 3ed type gestitaional disbetes falls into the 90 % with the type 2's )

10 % type I and 90 % type II

Type 1 diabetes is also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), because insulin is needed to treat it. It can develop at any age, although it usually develops in children and young adults and is also referred to as juvenile-onset diabetes. The affected person does not produce any of their own insulin and needs to take it by injection every day. Once it has developed, type 1 diabetes is a life-long condition.
Although type II diabetes may rarely make its appearance as early as adolescence, it usually begins after the age of 40 (which accounts for its previously used name, maturity-onset diabetes). Prevalence is increased in older persons, particularly those who are overweight or sedentary, which is not surprising considering that age brings a progressive decrease in insulin sensitivity and that insulin resistance is induced by adiposity and inactivity. Moreover, hyperglycemia can further impair both beta-cell function and insulin action, thus creating a vicious circle that aggravates hyperglycemia.
I add this link which discusses the fact that type 2 is more common than type 1.

http://www.endocrineweb.com/
diabetes/2diabetes.html

Hope this helps
Matador 89

Type 2 is the most common by far, and rising all the time due to the high number of obese people in out developed world

i belive that type one and type two only means at what stage in life you were when the diabetes developed.(how old you were)