Table 1. Deaths, total and from diabetes mellitus (DM), overall and 60 years and older; General population and 60 years and older; mortality rates, general and from diabetes mellitus (per 100,000 population), by sex. Mexico, 1998–2000 and 2016–2018.

	1998–2000	2016–2018	Increase between both three-year periods (in %)
Men
Total deaths	741,165	1,184,803	59.86
Deaths 60+	371,817	688,518	85.18
Deaths from DM	59,742	153,712	157.29
Deaths from DM 60+	41,042	107,901	162.90
Total population	147,442,948	180,676,918	22.54
Population 60+	10,425,356	17,937,931	72.06
Rate of death from DM	40.52	85.08	109.97
Rate of death from DM 60+	393.67	601.52	52.80
Women
Total deaths	584,692	925,379	58.27
Deaths 60+	370,722	668,463	80.31
Deaths from DM	74,335	159,639	114.76
Deaths from DM 60+	55,987	123,249	120.14
Total population	151,644,354	189,852,618	25.20
Population 60+	11,534,759	20,998,824	82.05
Rate of death from DM	49.02	84.09
Rate of death from DM 60+