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Diabetes: mortality data

Death certification is likely to underestimate the burden of mortality from diabetes as diabetes is often not recorded as contributing to death. This limitation should be noted when interpreting the figures in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Number of deaths where diabetes (1) was recorded as the principal cause of death and where diabetes had any mention, Scotland, calendar year 2007

Female

Male

All

Diabetes primary underlying cause of death

356

370

726

Diabetes mentioned on death certificate

1,950

2,110

4,060

(1) Using diagnostic codes ICD10 E10 - E14.
Source: ISD Scotland, Linked SMR database, using deaths data provided by the General Register Office for Scotland.