Table 4

Population with Diabetes mentioned on death certificate (N = 27181). Marginal percent by category, conditional percent with diabetes as underlying given that it is mentioned and odds ratios of diabetes being reported as underlying cause when it is mentioned given covariates.

% of deaths by category

% with diabetes as underlying given that it was mentioned

Odds Ratio (95% CI)1


DEMOGRAPHIC

Age

0–44

2.3

51.7

1

45–64

13.2

34.5

0.51(0.43,0.60)

65–84

59.5

27.7

0.37(0.32,0.43)

85+

24.9

28.4

0.39(0.33,0.45)

Sex

Female

51.7

30.2

1

Male

48.3

28.3

0.92(0.86,0.97)

Race

White

95.4

28.9

1

Black

2.0

36.5

1.19(0.98,1.43)

Native American

1.5

41.0

1.42(1.136,1.76)

Asian

0.5

27.2

0.88(0.59,1.30)

Hispanic

0.7

36.6

1.33(0.978,1.82)

Education2

High school

31.2

30.1

1

Below High School

47.8

28.0

0.99(0.93,1.06)

Above High School

21.0

30.8

1.03(0.96,1.11)

Marital

Married

43.6

27.8

1

Single

8.5

34.3

1.25(1.13,1.38)

Widowed

40.2

29.0

1.09(1.01,1.16)

Divorced

7.7

33.5

1.11(0.99,1.23)

DEATH RELATED

Autopsy

No

83.3

28.3

1

Yes

5.5

22.8

0.70(0.62,0.80)

Unspecified

11.3

39.4

1.49(1.37,1.62)

Certifier

Physician

85.0

29.7

1

Coroner

10.0

24.2

0.69(0.62,0.77)

Osteopath

1.5

30.4

1.03(0.81,1.29)

Other/Unknown

3.5

34.3

1.23(1.08,1.42)

Disposal method

Burial

79.2

28.6

1

Donation

0.3

25.0

0.84(0.51,1.39)

Removal

1.1

37.0

1.46(1.143,1.87)

Cremation

18.3

31.4

1.06(0.99,1.14)

Unknown

1.1

Death place

Hospital Inpatient

34.8

25.2

1

Residential

18.8

30.9

1.29(1.19,1.41)

Nursing home

37.4

32.7

1.57(1.47,1.68)

ER

6.4

28.3

1.15(1.02,1.29)

Unknown

2.6


1 Odds ratios are odds of having diabetes as underlying rather than contributing given particular category as compared to odds in reference category. Odds ratios are obtained from logistic regression and are mutually adjusted for all other variables.

2Education is listed only for population where age>25.

Wall et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2005 5:4   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-5-4

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