Trends in mortality related to kidney failure and diabetes mellitus in the United States: a 1999-2020 analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney failure ranks as the tenth leading cause of mortality in the United States (US), frequently arising as a complication associated with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods

Trends in DM and kidney failure mortality were assessed using a cross-sectional analysis of death certificates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database. Crude and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) per 100,000 people and annual percent change (APC) in age-adjusted mortality rate with 95% CI were obtained and measured across different demographic and geographic subgroups.

Results

Between 1999 and 2020, a total of 325,515 deaths occurred related to kidney failure and DM. The overall age-adjusted mortality

SUBMITTER: Rashid AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11519297 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature