Fastest rise seen among racial/ethnic minority groups.

A girl with diabetes checks her blood glucose level. Rates of youth getting both type 1 and type 2 diabetes have increased, according to the latest results of the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. CDC/Amanda Mills

Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing among youth in the United States, according to a report, Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002-2012(link is external), published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In the United States, 29.1 million people are living with diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes, and about 208,000 people younger than 20 years are living with diagnosed diabetes.

This study is the first ever to estimate trends in new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in youth (those under the age of 20), from the…