Number of deaths and overall, age-specific and gender-specific mortality rates (per 100 person-years) for the baseline cohort of 7011 DD2 patients
| Variables | Number of deaths | MR (95% CI) |
| Total DD2 cohort | 212 | 1.12 (0.97 to 1.29) |
| Gender | ||
| Women | 65 | 0.81 (0.62 to 1.03) |
| Men | 147 | 1.36 (1.15 to 1.60) |
| Age (years) | ||
| <40 | 2 | 0.23 (0.03 to 0.83) |
| 40–59 | 37 | 0.50 (0.35 to 0.69) |
| 60–79 | 149 | 1.47 (1.25 to 1.73) |
| ≥80 | 24 | 4.97 (3.19 to 7.40) |
Median follow-up time from date of enrolment to death or to date of latest data extraction from the Civil Registration System was 2.68 years (IQR: 1.67–3.63 years).
DD2, Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes; MR, mortality rate.