Burden of diabetic illness in an urban hospital in Nigeria.
This is a retrospective study that set out to determine the mortality patterns and case fatality rates of people with diabetes mellitus (DM) in a Nigerian hospital. The sources of data were the medical records, ward admissions, deaths register and death certificates. Of a total of 13,797 medical admissions made over a period of 11 years (1990-2000),1423 (10.3%) were DM related and the documented case fatality rate of DM was 22.6%.
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Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. oogbera@yahoo.co.uk
D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data