Type 2 & other diabetes

Trends and disparities in population-based cerebrovascular disease–related mortality involving diabetes in the United States (1999–2023) and forecasts to 2035: a CDC WONDER analysis

Diabetes Res Clin PractPublished Cross-sectional study

Authors' conclusion

Population-based CeVD-related mortality involving DM improved early but worsened around the COVID-19 period.

Study context

Population
US adults aged ≥25 years, deaths involving both cerebrovascular disease (ICD-10 I60-I69) and diabetes mellitus (DM) (E10-E14), 1999–2023
Participants
827,181 deaths
Outcome
Population-based crude and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) per 100,000 of CeVD-related mortality involving DM, and their trends
Follow-up
1999–2023
Methodological detailspopulation-based, CDC WONDER Multiple Cause of Death data, Joinpoint regression, exploratory ETS and ARIMA forecasts to 2035
  • Population-based
  • CDC WONDER Multiple Cause of Death data
  • Joinpoint regression
  • Exploratory ETS and ARIMA forecasts to 2035

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

CeVD-related mortality involving DM

DM-related deaths also involving cerebrovascular disease (CeVD)

827,181 (42.03%) of 1,968,204

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Demographic and geographic disparities

Younger adults showed less favorable trends
Non-Hispanic Black adults, the South and nonmetropolitan areas remained disproportionately affected

Forecasts to 2035

Exploratory ETS and ARIMA models suggested possible renewed increases by 2035, with widening prediction intervals

Original publication

Trends and disparities in population-based cerebrovascular disease–related mortality involving diabetes in the United States (1999–2023) and forecasts to 2035: a CDC WONDER analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 21 August 2026. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113514

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