Each year around 4,100 children and adolescents are newly diagnosed of type 1 diabetes.

Each year around 230 children and adolescents are newly diagnosed of type 2 diabetes.

Around 15% of children and adolescents are overweight.

Almost 75% of children and adolescents are physically inactive.

Around 7% of children and adolescents aged 11 to 17 smoke daily or occasion-ally.

In Europe, Ger-many is one of the five countries with the lowest to-bacco control.

Around 20% of children and adolescents are at risk of poverty.

Almost 20% of children and adolescents drink sugar-sweetened beverages daily.

Around 34,600 children and adolescents have type 1 diabetes.

Around 970 children and adolescents have type 2 diabetes.

Almost 95% of children and adolecents with T1D use a continuous glucose monitor.

More than 60% of children and adolescents with T1D are treated with an insulin pump.

Less than 0.5% of children and adolescents with diabetes have diabetic kidney disease.

Diabetic polyneuropathy was documented for less than 0.5% of children and adolescents with diabetes.

The direct costs of diabetes amount to more than 7 billion euros annually.

Almost 268,000 years of life were lost in 2017 due to death from diabetes.

Almost 527,000 years of life were lost in 2017 due to diabetes-related health limitations.

Men lose more years of lif due to diabetes-related health limitations and death than women.