Figure 1. Sensitivity of Recording of Diabetes on Death Certificates by Cause of Death Stratified by Decade of Death: the Rancho Bernardo Study, 1972–2003.
*Significant difference (p-value<0.05) in diabetes sensitivity between those dying from CVD versus All Other Causes of Death from 1992–2003
1972–1981, 42.9% CVD, n=714; 1982–1991, 42.5% CVD, n=1324; 1992–2003, 38.9% CVD, n=1171