Table 3.

Hazard rates during the first 16 years after diabetes diagnosis as compared with the Danish Population

Age at Time of Death (years)	Diabetic Patients			Danish population		Relative risk (2001-05) ‡	Relative risk (1991-95) λ
	No. of Deaths	Hazard Rate*	(95% Confidence Interval)	Hazard rate (2001-05)†	Hazard rate (1991-95)φ
Males
40-44	3	40.0	(12.9-124.0)	2.3	3.0	17.7	14.4
45-49	3	9.0	(2.9-28.0)	3.8	4.3	2.4	2.1
50-54	11	15.6	(8.7-28.2)	6.0	6.7	2.6	2.3
55-59	23	22.7	(15.1-34.1)	9.0	11.5	2.5	2.0
60-64	45	39.4	(29.4-52.8)	14.2	19.2	2.8	2.1
65-69	64	54.8	(42.9-70.1)	23.3	30.6	2.4	1.8
70-74	77	69.2	(55.3-86.5)	38.2	48.6	1.8	1.4
75-79	85	95.0	(76.8-117.5)	62.6	74.3	1.5	1.3
80-85	92	184.1	(150.1-225.8)	101.5	113.1	1.8	1.6
85+§	52	265.9	(202.7-349.0)
Total	455	63.7	(58.1-69.9)
Females
40-44	0	0.0	(0.0-0.4)	1.3	1.8	0.0	0.0
45-49	0	0.0	(0.0-0.1)	2.4	2.9	0.0	0.0
50-54	4	9.3	(3.5-24.9)	3.8	4.7	2.5	2.0
55-59	10	14.5	(7.8-27.0)	5.8	7.6	2.5	1.9
60-64	13	15.3	(8.9-26.3)	9.2	12.3	1.7	1.3
65-69	22	21.9	(14.4-33.2)	15.4	18.5	1.4	1.2
70-74	41	36.9	(27.2-50.1)	25.8	28.4	1.4	1.3
75-79	68	60.0	(47.3-76.1)	40.6	44.3	1.5	1.4
80-85	86	95.7	(77.5-118.2)	67.2	74.9	1.4	1.3
85+§	75	171.6	(136.9-215.2)
Total	319	46.7	(41.8-52.1)

*Hazard rates (×1000) estimated as number of deaths divided by person years of observation.

†Hazard rates (×1000) estimated as average mortality rates from the life table 2001-2005 of the Danish population.

φ Hazard rates (×1000) estimated as average mortality rates from the life table 1991-1995 of the Danish population

‡This is calculated by dividing the hazard rate of diabetic patients by the hazard rate of the Danish population (2001-2005).

λ This is calculated by dividing the hazard rate of diabetic patients by the hazard rate of the Danish population (1991-1995).

§Among subjects aged 85 years or over, the age distribution for diabetic patients is very different from that of the background population. Therefore, a comparable hazard rate for the background population cannot be calculated