Mortality from diabetic renal disease: a hidden epidemic
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Rao, Chalapati; Adair, Timothy; Bain, Christopher; Doi, Suhail
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Background: Population-level mortality indicators can be useful outcome measures of diabetes care. Death registration systems serve as the main source of data for such measures. However, standard mortality indicators based on underlying causes do not adequately reflect the burden from diabetic renal disease. Methods: This article presents findings from analysis of multiple causes of death available from death registration data for Australia and USA. Both countries use an automated system that...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Rao, Chalapati | |
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dc.contributor.author | Adair, Timothy | |
dc.contributor.author | Bain, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.author | Doi, Suhail | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-14T23:19:01Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1101-1262 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/102715 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Population-level mortality indicators can be useful outcome measures of diabetes care. Death registration systems serve as the main source of data for such measures. However, standard mortality indicators based on underlying causes do not adequately reflect the burden from diabetic renal disease. Methods: This article presents findings from analysis of multiple causes of death available from death registration data for Australia and USA. Both countries use an automated system that applies prescribed rules to select and code the underlying cause for each registered death. Deaths with diabetes as underlying cause were grouped according to their diabetic complications as defined by the International Classification of Diseases. Age-standardized mortality rates were calculated for the underlying cause rubric 'diabetes with renal complications'. These were contrasted with rates calculated using additional deaths where diabetes was the underlying cause and renal failure was listed as a consequence. Results: These analyses identified that current automated programmes code three-fourths of all diabetes deaths to 'diabetes without complications', despite additional factors being listed. Estimated multiple cause death rates from diabetic renal disease are four to nine times higher than underlying cause rates for 'diabetes with renal complications' in both countries; and show a rising trend in contrast to the latter. Conclusion: These findings indicate that routine underlying cause statistics for USA and Australia grossly under estimate mortality from diabetic renal disease. Clear guidelines on the certification, coding and statistical presentation of diabetes mortality are needed for epidemiology and health policy. | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
dc.source | European Journal of Public Health | |
dc.subject | Keywords: article; Australia; cause of death; coding; death certificate; diabetes mellitus; diabetic nephropathy; human; International Classification of Diseases; mortality; register; standard; statistics; United States; Australia; Cause of Death; Clinical Coding; | |
dc.title | Mortality from diabetic renal disease: a hidden epidemic | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 22 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 110300 - CLINICAL SCIENCES | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111700 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB2725 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rao, Chalapati, University of Queensland | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Adair, Timothy, University of Queensland | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bain, Christopher, University of Queensland | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Doi, Suhail, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 280 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 284 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1093/eurpub/ckq205 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-06-14T08:31:25Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84859787731 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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