Research Article

Excess Mortality in an Inception Cohort of Childhood Diabetes Diagnosed 1990–2010

Table 1

Characteristics of type 1 diabetes cohort and adjusted risk of mortality.

ChracteristicsTotal cohortSurvived, N (%)Died, N (%)Chi-sq. p (95% CI)

5,4175,260 (97)157 (3)
Sex0.43
 Male2,761 (51)2,676 (51)85 (54)1.20 (0.86, 1.62)
 Female2,651 (49)2,579 (49)72 (46)
Age at diagnosis<0.01
 0–72,126 (39)2,085 (40)41 (26)
 8–153,291 (61)3,175 (60)116 (74)1.87 (1.31, 2.67)
Year of diagnosis<0.01
 1990–19992,294 (42)2,185 (42)109 (69)1.54 (1.06, 2.22)
 2000–20093,123 (58)3,075 (58)48 (31)
Socioeconomic status0.07
 Most disadvantaged955 (18)920 (18)35 (22)1.81 (1.05, 3.11)
 Quintile 2–43,352 (62)3,252 (62)100 (64)1.42 (0.88, 2.30)
 Least disadvantaged1,102 (20)1,080 (21)22 (14)
Area of residence0.15
 Major cities3,665 (68)3,567 (68)98 (62)
 Regional or remote1,744 (32)1,685 (32)59 (38)1.13 (0.81, 1.58)

Hazard ratios adjusted for all characteristics in table.