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Diabetes

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Morbidity

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed): 10 (2001-2004)

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diagnosed diabetes: 7.2 (2001-2004)

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with undiagnosed diabetes: 2.8 (2001-2004)

Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 55

Health care use

Ambulatory care

Number of visits to office-based physicians with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 25.5 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary, Table 13

Number of visits to hospital outpatient departments with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 4.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary. Table 10

Hospital inpatient care

Number of discharges: 585,000

Average length of stay: 4.7 days

Source: 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 4

Home health care

Number of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 106,000 (2000)

Percent of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 7.9 (2000)

Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Table 12

Nursing home care

Number of residents with diabetes: 279,000

Percent of residents with diabetes: 17

Average length of stay for discharges with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 357 days

Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, Tables 26, 27, 58

Mortality

Number of deaths:  75,119

Deaths per 100,000 population: 25.3

Cause of death rank: 6

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables B PDF 808 KB

More data

Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey

Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults:  National Health Interview Survey, 2006

Discharges and days of care in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2005 Health, United States, 2007, Table 100

Discharges and average length of stay in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2005 Health, United States, 2007, Table 101

Age-adjusted death rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin:  1950-2004 Health, United States, 2007, Table 29

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National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Discharge Survey

National Nursing Home Survey

Mortality data

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

American Diabetes Association

 

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