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Indicator Report - Deaths due to Diabetes as Underlying Cause

Why Is This Important?

Diabetes is a leading cause of disability and death. It is currently the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. and sixth in Utah.

For more information, see http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics.

Diabetes as an Underlying Cause of Death (Age-adjusted Rates) by Race, Utah, 2009-2011

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The rate for the state is 23.0 (22.3-24.7) deaths per 100,000 population. American Indians and Pacific Islanders have death rates that are statistically significantly higher than the state rate.

Data Notes

All races may be of Hispanic/Latino or Non-Hispanic/Latino ethnicity.

Data Sources

Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health. Population Estimates: National Center for Health Statistics, Bridged-race estimates of the resident population of the United States for July 1, 2000-July 1, 2011 (Vintage 2011) prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Definition

Diabetes as the underlying cause of death refers to the first-listed cause of death with ICD-10 codes E10.0-E14.99.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of deaths with diabetes as the underlying cause of death.
Denominator: Number of Utah residents.

Page Content Updated On 12/05/2012, Published on 12/16/2012
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2107, Telephone: 801-538-6141, Fax: 801-538-9495, Website: http://health.utah.gov/diabetes, Contact: Brenda Ralls, Nathan Peterson, Email: bralls@utah.gov, nathanpeterson@utah.gov
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Content updated: Wed, 19 June 2013 16:56:30