Diabetes mortality in women in the Basque Country (1996-2003)

Diabetes (ICD-9: 250; ICD-10: E10-E14)1 was the sixth cause of death among women, with 3 % of total deaths. In the period 1990-2004, mortality from diabetes has suffered an average annual decrease of 1.8 %. In the CAPV a clear geographical pattern is observed, with higher mortality in the northwest area of the community and the metropolitan area of Donostia-San Sebastián