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1. 1. In 1950, diabetes mellitus caused over 24,000 deaths (16.2 per 100,000 population). 2. 2. The death rate from diabetes is highest in white females, followed by nonwhite females and white males. It increases with age in all groups and is higher in nonwhites than whites in early years of life but higher in whites from about age 65 on. 3. 3. Mortality from diabetes is considerably higher in married women than in men or single women in the older age groups in which diabetes mortality is most significant. The rate in married men is also somewhat higher than in single men in these ages. 4. 4. Deaths from diabetes are reported at a higher rate from urban than rural areas, but no association was found between rates and city size. 5. 5. There is considerable variation from state to state and region to region in mortality rates from diabetes. In general, the Northeast and North-Central States have the highest rates and the South and West the lowest. 6. 6. The trend of the number of deaths and crude death rates from diabetes has been upward since 1900 with a tendency to level off in recent years. Rates for children under 15 have decreased considerably from 1920, with lesser, but continuous, declines in all age groups up to 45. 7. 7. The trend in years of life lost has been upward, but at a less steep rate than the trend in deaths due to the increasing age at death from diabetes. In 1950, there were approximately 366,000 years of life lost because of diabetes, of which over 200,000 were for white females. |
