Introduction:

Mortality due to diabetes mellitus may rise due to an increase in its prevalence and the risk of chronic complications.

Objective:

To determine the mortality rate in people with diabetic foot in Havana during the 2010-2015 period, as well as the causes and sociodemographic variables of the deceased.

Methods:

Observational, descriptive and retrospective study. The registry of deaths from diabetes mellitus as the basic cause of death from 2010 to 2015 was reviewed. The variables age, sex, basic cause of death, amputations and municipality of origin were analyzed. The results were expressed in absolute and relative frequencies, as well as in rates per hundred thousand inhabitants.

Results:

The mortality rate in people with diabetic foot was 3.07/105 inhabitants. The year with the highest mortality was 2010 (10.41%) and the year with the lowest value was 2011 (7.34%). Women (56%) and those aged over seventy years (66.5%) predominated. In 48.5% of the cases accounted for amputations. The most frequent direct causes of death were sepsis (34.5%), pulmonary thromboembolism (32.2%) and bronchopneumonia (21.1%). The municipalities with the lowest death rates were La Habana Vieja and Arroyo Naranjo.

Conclusions:

Mortality rates in people with diabetic foot in the 2010-2015 period tended to decrease. The highest figures were observed in geriatric ages and among women. Infections, pulmonary embolism and bronchopneumonia were the most important direct causes of death.

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