Table 18a: Hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations in patients with diabetes per 1,000 population,^a by race, United States, 1999-2001

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black or African American		White
Population group	Rate (per 1,000)	SE	Rate (per 1,000)	SE	Rate (per 1,000)	SE	Rate (per 1,000)	SE	Rate (per 1,000)	SE	Rate (per 1,000)	SE
Total	5.6	0.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.6	0.7	4.4	0.4
Age (not age adjusted)
0-17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-44	2.3	0.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	2.2	0.6
45-64	6.2	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	4.9	0.7
65 and over	9.4	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	12.0	1.3	6.7	0.9
Gender
Female	3.9	0.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	3.0	0.4
Male	7.4	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.8	0.6

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.

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