Trends in death rate from diabetes according to multiple-cause-of-death differed from that according to underlying-cause-of-death in Taiwan but not in the United States, 1987-2007

Trends in death rate from diabetes according to MCOD differed from that according to UCOD in Taiwan but not in the United States. To properly interpret cause-specific mortality trends, it is important to provide both MCOD and UCOD data.