Table 3

Mortality, life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) for people with and without diabetes mellitus (DM), Ontario, Canada, 1996–1997


Men (95% confidence interval)
Women (95% confidence interval)


Without DM
With DM
Rate Ratio
Without DM
With DM
Rate Ratio
Population, 1997
5,365,891
232,553

5,513,006
216,658

Deaths, all-cause (per year)
31,022
9,646

29,900
8,750

Crude death Rate (per 100,000)
580 (572 – 585)
4,150 (4,065 – 4,231)
7.2 (6.6–7.9)
542 (536 – 548)
4,039 (3,954 – 4,123)
7.4 (6.8 – 8.1)
Age-adjusted death rate (per 100,000)
588 (582 – 595)
1,369 (1,299 – 1,438)
2.3 (2.1 – 2.6)
533 (527 – 539)
1,315 (1,272 – 1,357)
2.5 (2.3 – 2.8)




Difference


Difference
Life expectancy at birth (years)
77.5 (77.4 – 77.6)
64.7 (63.0 – 66.4)
12.8 (11.1 – 14.5)
82.9 (82.9 – 83.0)
70.7 (69.9 – 71.5)
12.2 (11.4 – 13.0)
HALE at birth (years)
70.2 (70.2 – 70.5)
58.3 (56.3 – 60.3)
11.9 (9.9 – 13.9)
73.5 (73.2 – 73.7)
62.7 (61.4 – 64.1)
10.7 (9.3 – 12.1)
HALE/life expectancy ratio
0.91
0.90

0.89
0.89


Manuel and Schultz Population Health Metrics 2004 2:4   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-2-4