AIM/HYPOTHESIS: Data comparing the hospitalization of diabetic paediatric patients with the non-diabetic population is scarce. We undertook a population-based incidence study to compare hospitalization in a cohort of Type I diabetic children and adolescents. in Germany, in the first course of treatment after diabetes onset, with hospitalization in non-diabetic control subjects matched for age, sex, and region. METHODS: A total of 373 subjects with newly diagnosed diabetes (onset between 1 and under 15 (