title: Mortality among type 2 diabetic individuals and associated risk factors: the Three City Study.
abstract: The 10 year mortality experience was determined in a population-based cohort of 540 Type 2 diabetic individuals. The association between potential risk factors and all causes mortality was examined. Diabetes was not mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in 46% of 274 decedents. Diseases of the circulatory system (ICD9-390-459) accounted for the majority (62%) of deaths in this cohort. Ten-year survival was poorer than expected for both men and women compared to the age- and sex-matched Minnesota population. Standardized mortality ratios for selected causes of death indicated excess for cardiovascular disease (ICD9-390-459), coronary heart disease (ICD9 410-414) and cerebrovascular disease. Baseline variables associated with all causes of mortality included age and a history of macrovascular disease. These findings indicate that mortality data significantly underestimate the magnitude of diabetes and that individuals with diabetes have poorer survival than non-diabetic individuals.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sprafka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pankow
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: McGovern
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003644:Death Certificates; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis