Number (in Thousands) of Hospital Discharges for Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation with Diabetes as a Listed Diagnosis, United States, 1980–2005
In general, the annual number of diabetes-related hospital discharges with lower nontraumatic extremity amputation (LEA) as a reported procedure increased from about 33,000 in 1980 to 84,000 in 1997. Although large increases in the number of LEA discharges occurred in the early 1990s, the number of LEA discharges leveled off afterward. In 2005, there were about 71,000 diabetes-related hospital discharges with LEA.
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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
