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. 2010 Aug 25;59(12):3216–3222. doi: 10.2337/db10-0862

TABLE 5.

Cause-specific standardized mortality ratios by sex, race, and diabetes diagnosis cohort

n* CVD Renal Infection Violent Cancer
Sex
    Male 138 8.8 (6.3–11.2) 77.8 (39.7–116.0) 28.1 (16.1–40.1) 1.4 (0.7–2.1) 1.2 (0.1–2.2)
    Female 141 24.7 (17.9–31.6) 140.8 (80.6–201.1) 67.8 (41.2–94.4) 0.7 (0.0–1.6) 1.4 (0.2–2.5)
Race
    Caucasian 239 12.4 (9.8–15.0) 103.7 (65.3–142.1) 45.0 (31.1–59.0) 1.5 (0.7–2.2) 1.3 (0.5–2.2)
    African American 40 19.4 (8.4–30.3) 106.3 (36.9–175.8) 26.2 (5.2–47.2)
Diagnosis cohort
    1965–1969 132 13.9 (10.0–17.7) 137.7 (77.4–198.1) 45.9 (25.8–66.1) 1.1 (0.1–2.1) 1.6 (0.3–2.8)
    1970–1974 92 10.9 (7.0–14.8) 80.1 (30.5–129.7) 39.7 (20.2–59.2) 1.2 (0.2–2.2) 0.7 (0.0–1.8)
    1975–1979 55 14.7 (8.3–21.2) 82.7 (21.4–144.0) 35.8 (13.6–58.0) 1.3 (0.2–2.5) 1.3 (0.0–3.2)
Overall 279 12.9 (10.4–15.5) 104.3 (70.7–137.9) 41.2 (29.3–53.1) 1.2 (0.6–1.8) 1.2 (0.5–2.0)

Data are n or cause-specific SMRs (95% CI).

*Observed deaths.

†Accident/suicide.