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- Title
A population-based study of diabetes mortality.
- Authors
Ochi, James W.; Melton III, L. Joseph; Palumbo, Pasquale J.; Chu-Pin Chu; Ochi, J W; Melton, L J 3rd; Palumbo, P J; Chu, C P
- Abstract
In a population-based investigation among the residents of Rochester, Minnesota, the diabetes mortality rate was 8.5 per 100,000 person-years with diabetes as the underlying cause of death, 31.5 per 100,000 person-years with diabetes as an underlying or contributory cause, and 82.7 per 100,000 person-years if all deaths among diabetic individuals were counted. Diabetes was not mentioned on the certificate in 62% of the 428 diabetic deaths during 1965-1974. When the clinical characteristics of the subgroup of mortality cases in 1969 were compared with those of the prevalence cases on 1 January 1970, it was found that mortality cases tended to be older, were more often on insulin therapy, and were more likely to have macro- and microvascular complications. Because mortality data are sometimes used to infer trends and characteristics for the diabetic population at large, it is important to recognize these biases.
- Subjects
MINNESOTA; DIABETES complications; COMPARATIVE studies; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Diabetes Care, 1985, Vol 8, Issue 3, p224
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.8.3.224