GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY AUTOPSY AND MORTALITY STUDY

印度皮马印第安人的死因和死后特征 对吉拉河印第安人社区进行调查，以便在受试者中发现 无论有没有糖尿病，都可以与 活体受试者。检查医疗记录以确定 死因及发生某些严重疾病或 糖尿病的并发症。 这项研究的目的是将结果和死因与 皮马印度居民生活中测量的事件或危险因素 吉拉河印第安人社区，特别是与糖尿病有关的社区， 心血管疾病和胆囊病。死亡证明是 从吉拉河印第安人社区的所有成员那里获得的信息， 尸检和所有现有的医疗记录 获取受试者以确定在以下情况下存在的情况 并尽可能准确地确定死因。这些 记录被以标准化的方式审查，以寻找证据 糖尿病、血管疾病、肿瘤和其他并发症 条件。这些记录被用来确定死亡原因和 与糖尿病和其他疾病有关的并发症发生率 由纵向流行病学研究初步确定的生命周期 在人口中。

The causes of death and postmortem characteristics of Pima Indians of the Gila River Indian Community are investigated so that findings in subjects with and without diabetes mellitus can be correlated with studies in living subjects. Medical records are reviewed for the determination of cause of death and for the occurrence of certain serious diseases or complications of diabetes. The purpose of the study is to relate the outcome and cause of death to events or risk factors measured in life among Pima Indian residents of the Gila River Indian Community, particularly in relation to diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and gallbladder disease. Death Certificates are obtained on all members of the Gila River Indian Community In addition, post mortem examinations and all available medical records pertaining to the subjects are obtained to ascertain conditions present at the time of death and ascertain cause of death as precisely as possible. These records are reviewed in a standardized way for evidence of the complications of diabetes, vascular disease, neoplasms and other conditions. The records are used to determine the causes of death and incidence of complications associated with diabetes and other conditions identified initially during life by the longitudinal epidemiologic studies in the population.