Trends in death rate from diabetes according to multiple-cause-of-death differed from that according to underlying-cause-of-death in Taiwan but not in the United States, 1987-2007

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 572-576

  Lin, Yu Pei ^a   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^b  

^a Kaohsiung Municipal Min Shen Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificate; Diabetes mellitus; International classification of diseases; Mortality differential; Mortality trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH; UNITED STATES; AGE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861143153     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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