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Table 1.29a
Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complicationsa (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, United States, 2003 and 2004
Population group 2004 2003
Rateb Standard error Rateb Standard error
Total   22.0 0.9 23.8 1.2
Age 18-44 11.5 0.5 11.9 0.6
45-64 28.5 1.2 30.9 1.8
65 and over 43.9 1.9 48.5 2.4
Age 65-69 39.5 2.2 44.3 2.9
70-74 42.1 2.4 47.0 2.8
75-79 45.4 2.5 52.5 3.2
80-84 52.2 2.9 57.9 3.2
85 and over 46.1 3.0 46.2 3.0
Gender Male 22.0 0.9 23.3 1.1
Female 21.9 0.9 24.1 1.3
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 65.7 8.3 69.9 11.2
$25,000-$34,999 37.5 2.1 41.0 2.9
$35,000-$44,999 23.9 1.3 27.3 1.6
$45,000 or more 12.1 0.7 13.5 0.8
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 22.5 1.6 26.5 2.3
Metropolitan-small 16.3 1.4 15.5 1.4
Micropolitan 27.7 2.2 27.2 2.6
Noncore 34.4 2.6 33.5 2.3
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 23.6 2.5 30.6 4.8
Midwest 23.4 2.0 22.5 1.9
South 27.6 1.4 28.0 1.6
West 10.1 0.9 11.9 1.0

a Without short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other unspecified) complications.

b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2003 and 2004.

 

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