Diabetes Metab J.  2018 Oct;42(5):394-401. 10.4093/dmj.2017.0088.

Ten-Year Mortality Trends for Adults with and without Diabetes Mellitus in South Korea, 2003 to 2013

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. pourlife@korea.ac.kr
  • 2Department of International Finance, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Korea.
  • 3Department of Neurology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Statistics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. yspark@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND
To estimate and compare the trends of all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates for subjects with and without diabetes in South Korea, from 2003 to 2013.
METHODS
Using a population-based cohort (2003 to 2013), we evaluated annual mortality rates in adults (≥30 years) with and without diabetes. The number of subjects in this analysis ranged from 585,795 in 2003 to 670,020 in 2013.
RESULTS
Age- and sex-adjusted all-cause mortality rates decreased consistently in both groups from 2003 to 2013 (from 14.4 to 9.3/1,000 persons in subjects with diabetes and from 7.9 to 4.4/1,000 persons in those without diabetes). The difference in mortality rates between groups also decreased (6.61 per 1,000 persons in 2003 to 4.98 per 1,000 persons in 2013). The slope associated with the mortality rate exhibited a steeper decrease in subjects with diabetes than those without diabetes (regression coefficients of time: −0.50 and −0.33, respectively; P=0.004). In subjects with diabetes, the mortality rate from cardiovascular disease decreased by 53.5% (from 2.73 to 1.27 per 1,000 persons, P for trend < 0.001). Notably, the decrease in mortality from ischemic stroke (79.2%, from 1.20 to 0.25 per 1,000 persowns) was more profound than that from ischemic heart disease (28.3%, from 0.60 to 0.43 per 1,000 persons).
CONCLUSION
All-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates decreased substantially from 2003 to 2013, and the decline in ischemic stroke mortality mainly contributed to the decreased cardiovascular mortality in Korean people with diabetes.

Keyword

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cohort Studies
Diabetes Mellitus*
Humans
Korea*
Mortality*
Myocardial Ischemia
Stroke

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Annual trends of the standardized all-cause mortality rates for subjects with diabetes (black bar) and without diabetes (white bar) from 2003 to 2013. DM, diabetes mellitus.

  • Fig. 2 Annual trends in the standardized mortality rates from cardiovascular disease (CVD), ischemic stroke, and ischemic heart disease for subjects with diabetes (A) and without diabetes (B).

  • Fig. 3 Trends in mortality rates and annualized slopes for mortality from (A) any cause, (B) all cardiovascular diseases, (C) ischemic stroke, and (D) ischemic heart disease for subjects with and without diabetes. DM, diabetes mellitus.


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