Crude and Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation per 1,000 Diabetic Population, United States, 1980�05
The crude and age-adjusted rate of hospital discharge with for nontraumatic lower extremity (LEA) per 1,000 persons with diabetes increased after the 1983 implementation of the prospective reimbursement system by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Ser vices, showed little change in the mid-to-late 1980s, and then began increasing in the early 1990s. After peaking in 1996, LEA rates decreased. During this period, trends in crude and age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for LEA were similar. In 2005, the crude LEA rate was 4.3 per 1,000 persons with diabetes.
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Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics, data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey and Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. U.S. Bureau of the Census, census of the population and population estimates and National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, bridged-race population estimates. Data computed by personnel in the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.
Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007
