Research Article

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Mortality in Diabetics and Nondiabetic Subjects: A Population-Based Study (Italy)

Table 2

Proportional mortality by diabetes status and sex.

Causes: (%)No diabetesDiabetesTotal
MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)97 (2.4)72 (2.3)39 (3.1)30 (3.8)136 (2.6)102 (2.6)
Neoplasms (C00–D48)1680 (41.1)1176 (38.1)426 (34.4)239 (30.3)2106 (39.5)1415 (36.5)
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00–E90)30 (0.7)29 (0.9)128 (10.3)90 (11.4)158 (3.0)119 (3.0)
Mental and behavioral disorders (F00–F99)61 (1.5)87 (2.8)13 (1.0)7 (0.9)74 (1.4)94 (2.4)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)146 (3.6)132 (4.3)19 (1.5)23 (2.9)165 (3.1)155 (4.0)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)1161 (28.4)1017 (32.9)357 (28.8)271 (34.4)1518 (28.5)1288 (33.2)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)335 (8.2)205 (6.6)102 (8.2)38 (4.8)437 (8.2)243 (6.3)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)154 (3.8)130 (4.2)67 (5.4)36 (4.6)221 (4.1)166 (4.3)
Renal causes (N00–N99)87 (2.1)59 (1.9)25 (2.0)21 (2.7)112 (2.1)80 (2.1)
Injury, poisoning, and other certain consequences of external causes (S00–T98)244 (6.6)110 (3.6)44 (3.5)17 (2.2)288 (5.4)127 (3.3)
Unknown46 (1.1)22 (0.7)13 (1.0)5 (0.6)59 (1.1)27 (0.7)
Other*49 (1.2)51 (1.7)7 (0.6)11 (1.4)56 (1.1)62 (1.6)
Total (A00–T98)40903090124078853303878

Others include cases classified in the following chapters: III, Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89) (); VII, Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59) (); VIII, Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95) (); XII, Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99) (); XIII, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99) (); XVII, Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) (); XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99) ().