Prevalence of Glycosuria and Diabetes Mellitus

In 1946 They tested 70.60% of the population of 4,983 in Oxford, Massachusetts, and found 40 known cases of diabetes and 30 new cases. The total incidence was 1.4%,'. In Newmarket, Ontario, Kenny et al. (1951) tested 810% of the population over 6 years of age and found the incidence of diabetes to be 1.2%. They found 54 cases of diabetes, of which 21 were new cases. Since then mass screening surveys have been carried out in the United States and Canada, and in 109 surveys over Im. people have been tested. The incidence of diabetes in these surveys has varied between 1 and 1.5% (Joslin et al., 1959).