International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine 14 (2001): 87-93 Short title: Mortality trends from Diabetes Mellitus Mortality trends from Diabetes Mellitus in a high prevalence island population C. Savona-Ventura (1) MD, DScMed, FRCOG, MRCPI 1. Diabetic Pregnancy Joint Clinic, Department of Obstetrics-Gynaecology, St. Luke's Teaching Hospital, MALTA Keywords: diabetic-mortality, death-certificates, epidemiology, diabetes mellitus Corresponding author: Dr. C. Savona-Ventura "NorthWynds" 40 Antonio Zammit Street Gharghur Nxr08, MALTA e-mail: csav1@ihc.um.edu.mt