Diabetes Reporting as a Cause of Death: Results from the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study
Response to McEwen et al.
- Tsung-Hsueh Lu, MD1,
- Mei-Shu Lai, MD2,
- Robert N. Anderson, PHD3 and
- Chien-Ning Huang, MD4
- 1Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- 2Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 3Mortality Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
- 4Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Address correspondence to Dr. Chien-Ning Huang, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Section 1, Chien Kuo North Road, Taichung, 402, Taiwan. E-mail: cshy049{at}csh.org.tw
McEwen et al. (1) conclude that diabetes is much more likely to be reported on the death certificates of diabetic individuals who die of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). They calculated the odds of recording diabetes anywhere on the death certificate by underlying cause of death (UCOD) and concluded that if the UCOD was CVD, the certifying physician was more likely to report diabetes on the …
