Table 1 Selection of diabetes as the underlying cause of death, by part of the death certificate where the disease was mentioned: Veneto region (Italy), 2008-2010

Part I

5,108

3,570

70

Part I, underlying cause line

3,263

2,468

76

 Alone on the underlying cause line

2,040

1,890

93

 Not alone, first entered on the underlying cause line

546

475

87

 Not alone, other than first on the underlying cause line

677

103

15

Part I, other lines

1,845

1,102

60

Part II

11,171

303

3

TOTAL

16,279

3,873

24