Diabetes : Mortality (SDR) for diabetes for all ages, male, female and total, in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the EU-27, 2004

Mortality (SDR) per 100,000 for diabetes (ICD-10 code E10-E14) for all ages, male, female and total, in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the EU-27, 2004 (source: Eurostat, 2007)

	Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total
Austria	36.0	24.0	29.6	Luxembourg	8.1	6.5	7.2
Belgium (1997)	10.4	11.0	11.1	Malta	27.0	20.5	23.3
Bulgaria	17.7	15.9	16.8	Netherlands	18.7	15.1	16.9
Cyprus	46.4	37.5	41.6	Norway	10.7	6.7	8.5
Czech Republic	11.1	9.5	10.3	Poland	12.2	10.8	11.6
Denmark (2001)	21.3	15.1	17.9	Portugal	29.7	25.6	27.5
Estonia	18.6	13.1	15.7	Romania (2003)	9.0	7.7	8.2
Finland	9.0	5.8	7.4	Slovakia (2001)	15.5	13.0	14.2
France (2003)	15.4	10.7	12.8	Slovenia	27.0	19.5	23.0
Germany	18.4	15.1	17.0	Spain	14.4	12.8	13.7
Greece	6.4	5.6	6.0	Sweden (2003)	14.7	9.7	11.9
Hungary	18.9	15.3	17.0	Switzerland	14.3	10.8	12.4
Iceland	9.4	4.1	6.1	United Kingdom	8.8	6.3	7.4
Ireland	13.7	7.7	10.3	EU-27 (2002)	15.2	12.8	14.0
Italy (2002)	18.4	15.5	17.0	EU-25	15.5	12.6	14.0
Latvia (2003)	7.0	10.2	9.2	EU-15	15.7	12.6	14.2
Lithuania	8.2	6.3	7.2

Remarks

'Causes of Death data' (COD) refer to the underlying cause which is “the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury". However many diabetes patients die of cardiovascular disease (CVD), in which case cardiovascular disease is usually recorded as the primary cause of death. Therefore the actual number of deaths for which diabetes was a contributing factor is underestimated. Furthermore methods of registration differ between countries (EUDIP group, 2002).This affects the comparability of data.

COD data are derived from death certificates. The medical certification of death is an obligation in all Member States. Countries code the information of the death certificate into ICD codes.