5-5

Baseline: 75 deaths per 100,000 population were related to diabetes in 1997 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Total Population, 1997	Diabetes Deaths
Total Population, 1997	Rate per 100,000
TOTAL	75
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	107
Asian or Pacific Islander	62
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	130
White	70

Hispanic or Latino	86
Mexican American	115
Puerto Rican	87
Cuban	39
Not Hispanic or Latino	74
Black or African American	133
White	68
Gender
Female	67
Male	87
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than high school	48
High school graduate	38
At least some college	17
Select populations
Age groups
Under 45 years	3
45 to 64 years	64
65 to 74 years	281
75 years and older	673

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.


5-5.		Reduce the diabetes death rate.