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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: Biodemography Soc Biol. 2018 Dec 20;64(2):139–151. doi: 10.1080/19485565.2018.1542291

Table 7.

Comparison of Gains in Life Expectancy from Eliminating Diabetes and Probability of Dying from Diabetes at Age 30: Population Attributable Fraction versus Underlying Cause of Death Calculations

Life Years Lost to Diabetes Using PAF Life Years Lost to Diabetes Using Underlying Cause of Death

All NHW NHB Hispanic All NHW NHB Hispanic
Males 0.83 0.85 0.81 0.65 0.33 0.30 0.44 0.58
Females 0.89 0.85 1.05 0.80 0.33 0.23 0.68 0.80
Probability of Dying from Diabetes using PAF Probability of Dying from Diabetes Using Underlying Cause of Death
Males 0.055 0.059 0.044 0.036 0.027 0.025 0.033 0.050
Females 0.062 0.061 0.060 0.050 0.028 0.022 0.053 0.070

All: all racial/ethnic groups, NHW: non-Hispanic White, NHB: non-Hispanic Black