title: [Trends in mortality of diabetes mellitus patients in Brazilian capitals, 1980-2007].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze mortality patterns of patients with diabetes in Brazilian capitals from 1980 to 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  Age-standardized quadrennial and annual mortality rates were calculated with the world population as reference. Linear regression models were estimated to analyze mortality trends in each capital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the first quadrennial period, the highest rate was 42.89/100,000 in Aracaju; and in the last quadrennial period, 54.38/100,000 in São Luis. Although mortality rates showed statistically significant incremental trends in most capitals, there were regional differences. Belo Horizonte was the only capital to show a declining trend.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Part of the observed increment could be attributed to improvements in access to diagnosis and death certification, but regional differences in the prevalence of diabetes risk and protective factors might also be implicated. The absence of a time series of incident cases makes it difficult to determine if these results reflect current trends in the incidence of diabetes in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Saúde, Município do Rio de Janeiro, Policlínica Rodolpho Rocco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Patrícia Echenique
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Mattos
authors.forename: Laércio Lima
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: Lívia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: Inês Echenique
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Mattos
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D013997:Time Factors