Trends in premature mortality from diabetes mellitus in Costa Rica in the period 2000-2020.
Postgrad Med
; : 1-13, 2022 Oct 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2277283
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To analyze the temporal trends of premature mortality from diabetes in Costa Rica in the period 2000-2020, at a national level and by province, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on diabetes mortality during the year 2020.METHODS:
We studied the temporal trends of mortality from diabetes in Costa Rica in the period between 2000 and 2020. Age-standardized mortality rates and corresponding 95% confidence intervals were calculated for each year, sex and province.RESULTS:
We analyzed the data of 17,968 deceased persons. The mean age was 72.5 years (range 1 to 109 years), and 51.5% of the population (n = 9253) was younger than 75 years. In both men and women, we observed a significant decrease in mortality from 2000 to 2014, followed by the opposite trend from 2014 to 2020, with average yearly increases of 13.9% in men and 11.6% in women.CONCLUSIONS:
Premature mortality from diabetes has been growing from 2014. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the mortality pattern, increasing premature diabetes deaths in Costa Rica in 2020.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Country/Region as subject:
Central America
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Costa Rica
Language:
English
Journal:
Postgrad Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
00325481.2022.2135865
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