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Table 1 Characteristics of all adult decedents at time of death, by presence of diabetes, Ontario, Canada, 1992–2017

From: Multimorbidity at time of death among persons with type 2 diabetes: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Characteristic

Overall

N = 2 199 801

Presence of diabetes at time of death

Yes

N = 646 841

No

N = 1 552 960

Age (years) (mean (SD))

75.5 (14.8)

76.8 (11.9)

75.0 (15.9)

 (median (IQR))

78 (68–86)

78 (70–85)

79 (66–87)

Age

 18–34

1.7

0.3

2.3

 35–64

18.6

14.7

20.3

 65–79

32.7

38.7

30.1

 80+

47.0

46.3

47.3

Sex

 Males

50.5

53.5

49.3

 Females

49.5

46.5

50.7

Immigrant status

 Immigrant

3.6

4.4

3.2

 Refugee

0.5

0.6

0.5

 Long-term resident

95.9

95.0

96.3

Area Income Quintile

 Quintile 1 (lowest)

24.0

25.7

23.3

 Quintile 2

21.4

22.1

21.1

 Quintile 3

19.3

19.3

19.2

 Quintile 4

17.4

16.9

17.6

 Quintile 5 (highest)

16.9

15.2

17.6

 Missing

1.0

0.8

1.1

ADG scorea (mean (SD))

11.2 (4.4)

12.3 (4.1)

10.7 (4.4)

  (median (IQR))

12 (8–14)

13 (10–15)

11 (8–14)

Degree of multimorbidity

 0 conditions

2.8

0.0

3.9

 1 condition

6.6

1.0

9.0

 2 conditions

10.5

3.5

13.4

 3 conditions

12.9

7.2

15.3

 4 conditions

13.9

11.0

15.2

 5+ conditions

53.3

77.4

43.2

Premature deaths

39.4

37.4

40.2

Amenable deaths

19.1

20.9

18.3

  1. SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aADG refers to Aggregated Diagnosis Groups scores which captures comorbidity burden calculated from patient diagnostic codes for ambulatory and inpatient care