Table 4.

Cause of Death Overall and by HbA_1c Level for Patients in Whom Cause-of-Death Details Available

		HbA1c
Factor	Overall (N = 942)	<6% (n = 153)	6%–6.9% (n = 346)	7%–7.9% (n = 225)	8%–8.9% (n = 99)	≥9% (n = 119)
Cardiovascular diseases	38.6	38.6	38.7	34.7	47.5	38.7
Ischemic heart disease	22.5	18.3	23.4	18.2	31.3	26.1
Heart failure	1.9	2.6	2.0	1.8	0.0	2.5
Cerebrovascular disease	3.3	3.9	2.6	4.9	2.0	2.5
All other cardiovascular disease	10.9	13.7	10.7	9.8	14.1	7.6
Malignant neoplasms	19.5	25.5	19.1	16.0	23.2	16.8
All other diseases	40.4	34.0	39.9	48.9	29.3	43.7
Diabetes mellitus	12.2	5.9	9.8	17.3	10.1	19.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	3.7	3.3	3.8	4.9	4.0	1.7
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis	2.2	2.0	2.3	3.1	0.0	2.5
Septicemia	2.2	1.3	2.9	2.2	2.0	1.7
Influenza and pneumonia	2.2	2.6	1.4	2.7	3.0	2.5
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	1.3	3.3	0.87	0.44	0.0	1.3
Alzheimer disease	1.3	0.65	1.7	1.8	1.0	0.0
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids	0.96	0.0	1.2	1.8	0.0	0.84
Parkinson disease	0.42	0.0	0.58	0.89	0.0	0.0
All other diseases	13.9	15.0	15.3	13.8	9.1	12.6
Non–disease-related deaths	1.4	2.0	2.3	0.44	0.0	0.84

Note: Values are given as column percentages.

Abbreviation: HbA_1c, hemoglobin A_1c.