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To determine long-term trends in the community mortality burden, mortality rates, and specific causes of death associated with diabetes mellitus over a 25-year span.

February 24, 2003Archives of Internal Medicine

Trends in the Mortality Burden Associated With Diabetes Mellitus

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RTRandal J. ThomasGeneral / Preventive / Lipids PPPasquale PalumboInstitute for Systems Analysis LML. Joseph MeltonCreighton University

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Population-based study reveals an increasing mortality burden from diabetes in older adults, indicating that smaller mortality declines in diabetic individuals threaten overall survival gains.

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To determine long-term trends in the community mortality burden, mortality rates, and specific causes of death associated with diabetes mellitus over a 25-year span.
Reviewed community-based medical records for all residents aged 45 years and older who died between January 1, 1970, and December 31, 1994 (N=10,152) to identify standardized criteria for diabetes mellitus before death.
Assessed quinquennial trends in the proportion of community deaths among individuals with prevalent diabetes, comparative mortality rates, and cause-of-death patterns.
Of 10,152 total decedents, 1,384 (13.6%) had prevalent diabetes, with the proportion of decedents with diabetes increasing by 48.2% between 1970–1974 and 1990–1994.
All-cause mortality rates declined by 13.8% among persons with diabetes compared to a 21.4% decline in persons without diabetes, with the largest disparities observed in older women and younger men.
Cardiovascular disease deaths decreased over time across both cohorts, whereas temporal declines in cerebrovascular disease mortality were restricted to decedents without diabetes.

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Thomas et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a125e68ea48cb855a34b23a https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.4.445

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Population-based study reveals an increasing mortality burden from diabetes in older adults, indicating that smaller mortality declines in diabetic individuals threaten overall survival gains.

Trends in the Mortality Burden Associated With Diabetes Mellitus

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