Table 2

Mortality for the Yorkshire Children’s Diabetes Register compared with UK data

Yorkshire Children’s Diabetes RegisterUK mortality statistics 199395% CI
Age group (years)No of deaths (1978–95)Person-years (1978–95)Rate (100000/year)No of deathsPopulationRate (100000/year)SMR
0–43678.74442.051113433600148.8296 60 to 868
5–932652.67113.1461331600013.9814164 to 2377
10–1444619.3343.3574318800018.0241 27 to 868
15–19105345.71187.11269299790042.3442212 to 813
20–2442959.81135.12115377040056.1241 65 to 617
25–2941008.08396.82532422020060.0661178 to 1693
30–34086.0602982399900074.60  0 to 0
Total2617350.4149.9150442492510060.6247161 to 362
  • 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated using Byar’s exact approximation to the Poisson distribution.