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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.