Table 4. Admission Rates for Preventable Conditions per 100,000 Population 18 Years and Older, 2000

Prevention Quality Indicatora Age Group
18-44(a) years 45-64 years 65 years
Uncontrolled diabetes without complications 15 36b 59b
Short-term diabetes complications 54 49b 45b
Long-term diabetes complications 33 158b 339b
Diabetes-related lower extremity amputations 5 55b 140b
Congestive heart failure 35 355b 2,321b
Hypertension 15 57b 116b
Angina without a procedure 12 90b 197b
Adult asthma 89 131b 158b
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20 272b 1,138b
Bacterial pneumonia 92 323b 1,815b
Dehydration 32 90b 568b
Urinary tract infection 64 97b 647b
Perforated appendix 230 443b 579b

a Full definitions for each Prevention Quality Indicator are in the Glossary section of this report.
b Statistically different from group (a) at p<0.05. Rates are adjusted by age and sex, using year 2000 as the standard population.

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