Diabetes-related mortality in Germany higher than expected
By a
The use of routine data of all persons insured in the statutory health insurance system in
In
For the calculation of deaths due to diabetes in
Result: Diabetes-related mortality in
Calculations have shown that in 2010 a total of 175,000 deaths (Type 2 diabetes: 137,950 deaths) could have been prevented if mortality in people with diabetes were the same as in people without diabetes. Thus, in 2010, around 21 percent of all deaths in
The majority of diabetes-related deaths occurred in the 70-89 age group. On average, the largest proportion of excess deaths due to diabetes occurred ten years earlier in men than in women (the proportion of excess deaths was 38.3 percent in men aged 70-79 and 43.7 percent in women aged 80-89). In addition, it could be shown that the number of excess deaths in men was higher than in women (~11,000).
The authors of the study come to the conclusion that far more people died in
Internationally, there is a positive trend in the mortality rate of people with diabetes. Mortality rates have been falling steadily for more than 20 years. The reasons for this include improved care for people with diabetes (medication, disease management programs) and improved prevention and treatment of diabetes-related complications. The extent to which these trends also apply to
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