Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the study population by diabetes status and sex (DaTraV, age ≥30 years)

	No diabetes		Diabetes
	Women	Men	Women	Men
Population size in million (2013)	22.5	18.3	3.3	3.2
Proportion (%) 2013	55.1	44.9	50.8	49.2
Mean age in years 2013	55.9	53.6	71.5	67.9
Number of deaths 2014	254 408	220 305	148 491	140 024
Mortality rate per 1000 persons*	12.00	12.74	19.96	21.91
Mortality rate per 1000 persons across age groups*
30–34 years	0.30	0.62	2.03	4.26
35–39 years	0.45	0.87	1.86	4.38
40–44 years	0.77	1.40	3.75	5.31
45–49 years	1.29	2.34	4.62	7.64
50–54 years	2.23	4.13	6.95	10.18
55–59 years	3.41	6.73	9.19	14.55
60–64 years	5.21	10.71	11.18	19.84
65–69 years	7.80	15.44	15.42	25.84
70–74 years	11.63	22.35	22.56	38.24
75–79 years	19.15	33.64	35.17	55.34
80–84 years	40.02	62.14	62.97	89.99
85–89 years	83.06	111.42	113.91	144.18
90–94 years	157.24	191.04	194.06	229.21
95 years and older	270.33	303.74	304.13	336.90

*Age standardised to the German population 2013 using all displayed age groups.

DaTraV, Data Transparency Regulation Act.