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This study of rather a small group of cases of diabetics shows clearly enough, I think, that diabetics do not die early in life as a rule, but largely late in life when life is already on the descent; that they do not die because they have diabetes, but largely because of some other condition which can befall any non-diabetic; that the older they are at the time that diabetes develops, the better chance they have for a longer span of life. I wish to emphasize the need for improved mortality statistics.
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John, H.J. Causes of mortality among diabetics. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 4, 291–294 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999920
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