Diabetes (E10-E14) was the underlying cause of 192 Indigenous deaths, which represented 8.0% of all deaths of Indigenous people in 2009. This is compared with 2.9% of deaths of non-Indigenous people. The median age at death of Indigenous people who died from diabetes in 2009 was 63.1 years, whereas for non-Indigenous people, it was 81.4 years. The sex ratio for Indigenous deaths due to diabetes was 76 male deaths per 100 female deaths.