Abstract: Objective To discover the mortality trend of diabetes mellitus(DM)in residents of Qindao from 2003 to 2007,and to provide baseline information for DM prevention and control.Methods ICD 210 codes were used to classify the cause of death.Excel 2007,A ccess 2007 and SPSS15 10 were used to analyze the death-database of Qingdao from 2003 to 2007.Results In the previous 5 years,DM mortality increased dramatically from 12120/100000 in 2003 to 15110/100000 in 2007.The DM mortality in 2007 was 1.24 times higher than that of in 2003.A ge-specific death rate rose with increasing age and increased rapidly in residents aged 50 years and above with a peak in the residents of 80 years or above.The mortality of DM in the female was 1.4 folds higher than that of in the male.The increase of average annual DM mortality in the male was 5.1 times higher than that of in the female.DM mortality was higher in residents of urban areas than that of rural areas.But the increment of annual DM mortality was higher in residents of rural areas.DM mortality and average annual increase of DM mortality varied significantly in different areas.Proportional mortality of card iovascular diseases and cancer among the diabetics inc reased yearly.Conclusion DM is one of the major chronic diseases in residents of Qingdao.The priority target populations for DM control are elderly women and urban residents.