5-6. | Reduce diabetes-related deaths among persons with diabetes. |
Target: 7.8 deaths per 1,000 persons with diabetes.
Baseline: 8.8 deaths per 1,000 persons with diabetes listed anywhere on the death certificate occurred in 1997 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: 11 percent improvement.
Data sources: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Persons With Diabetes, 1997 |
Diabetes-Related Deaths |
|
Rate per 1,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
8.8 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
3.3 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
5.4 |
|
Asian |
6.3 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
2.5 |
|
Black or African American |
8.1 |
|
White |
8.9 |
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
7.4 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
8.9 |
|
Black or African American |
8.1 |
|
White |
9.0 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
8.6 |
|
Male |
9.5 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
4.7 |
|
High school graduate |
7.3 |
|
At least some college |
3.4 |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Age groups (not age adjusted) |
|
|
Under 45 years |
2.0 |
|
45 to 64 years |
7.7 |
|
65 to 74 years |
20.1 |
|
75 years and older |
73.4 |
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.