Internações e mortalidade por diabetes mellitus na Bahia no período de 2012 a 2018

OBJECTIVE: to describe the profile of hospitalizations and mortality due to diabetes mellitus in Bahia between the years of 2012 and 2018.  METHOD: a cross-sectional, descriptive study performed with secondary data from the SUS Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS) and from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System (SIM/MS). The selected variables were: year of occurrence, gender, age group and nature of hospitalization. RESULTS: During the analyzed period, 90510 hospitalizations were registered for diabetes mellitus, representing a rate of 9.8/10,000 inhabitants, 5549 deaths with a mortality rate of 6.0%.  An increase in hospitalizations was observed up until the year 2015, and after that a reduction.  The occurrence of hospitalizations was higher for the age group of 60 to 69 years (23.7%), among women (56.2%), of an emergency nature (62.8%) and in the eastern macro-region (20.8 %). In relation to the mortality rate, the highest was in the eastern macro-region (7.3%), of an emergency nature (6,1%), in people of 80 years of age or more (11.9%) and of the male gender (6.2%). C ONCLUSION: Diabetes mellitus is an important cause of hospitalizations and hospital mortality rates due to its expressive numbers, mainly among the elderly, in the eastern macro-region and hospitalizations of an emergency nature.