Table 4.
Diabetes mortality studies in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990
| Country | Author (Year) | Diabetes Types | Sample (loss to follow up) |
Mortality (%) | Mortality causes (deaths by cause/total deaths) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 year | 20 year | |||||
| Ethiopia | Lester (1992) [49] | Type 1 | 431 | 4 | 37 | - |
| South Africa | Gill (2005)[48] | Type 1 | 88 (39) | - | 33 | Renal failure (9/21) Hypoglycaemia (6/21) Ketoacidosis (2/21) Infection (2/21) Undetermined (2/21) |
| Tanzania | McLarty (1990) [50] | IDDM1 | 272 | 40.5 | - | Leading causes: IDDM: 50% Ketoacidosis; NIDDM: 24% Cardiovascular & renal disease; Indeterminate: 48% infection. |
| NIDDM2 | 825 | 19 | - | |||
| Indeterminate type | 153 | 57 | - | |||
1IDDM: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus; 2NIDDM: Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.