Objective: The aim of this study was to specify the incidence of celiac disease at the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Split from 2012 to 2016. Besides that the age of the patients at the time of the diagnosis and their gender were also researched as well as the number of patients in specific category of Marsh – Oberhuber classification. Materials and methods: This retrospective research included 127 examinees with newly diagnosed celiac disease. Examinees of both genders aged from 0 to 18 were included. The numbers of children affected were gathered by researching medical files of the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Split. Each patient was analyzed according to age, gender and type of disease by Marsh – Oberhuber classification. The results were processed by descriptive (standard) statistic methods and presented through tables and graphs. Results: At the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Split from January 1𝑠𝑡 2012 until December 31𝑠𝑡 2016, there have been total of 127 children newly diagnosed with celiac disease. Out of these, 71 (56%) was female and 56 (44%) was male. The median age of patients was 132 months (range: 5 to 213) and the average age was 120.9 months. Age distribution indicated that majority of children, 73 (57.48%) of them, were over 10 years old, 32 (25.2%) children were found in group from 0 to 6 years and remaining 22 (17.32%) in the 6 to 10 years of age. Calculated incidence for Split – Dalmatia County was 1.24/1000 which represents 124/100 000 children in the period of 5 years. According to results of small bowel biopsy, most children, 61 (48.03%) of them, have type III celiac disease by Marsh – Oberhuber classification which is almost the half of examinees. Type I was found in 56 (44.09%) of children and type II in 6 (4.72%) of children. Conclusion: This research has shown the distribution of children with newly diagnosed celiac disease according to gender, median of age and average age of the patients at the time of diagnosis as well as the type of the disease according to Marsh – Oberhuber classification. The incidence of celiac disease in Split – Dalmatia County was calculated. The results have shown some specific epidemiological characteristic of celiac disease in children in aforementioned county. The results have been compared to those of other studies. The research has confirmed the trend of late diagnostics of celiac disease. The calculated incidence is in accordance to the incidence calculated in other researches in Croatia and world.