Figure 3

Percent of persons deceased by vascular stage. Percent of people deceased by vascular stage after applying the simplified vascular staging instrument using data from a cohort of adults with type 2 diabetes who participated in the Queensland Well Persons Health Check (25 May 1997–31 December 2000) and registered deaths data from Queensland government births, deaths and marriages registry (2000–05). N = 379. No deaths were registered during the period 2000–2005 for participants assigned to vascular stage 1. In total 12 % of the study cohort became deceased subsequent to their health check to 31 December 2005.