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Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Diabetic Ketoacidosis as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Race, United States, 1980-2003

After peaking in the mid 1980s, age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) as the first-listed diagnosis declined for both blacks and whites before exhibiting a slight increase in rate from year 2001-2003 onwards. From 1980 through 2003, age-adjusted DKA rates were higher for blacks than for whites. In 2003, the age-adjusted DKA rate was 28.6 per 1,000 blacks with diabetes and 21.4 per 1,000 whites with diabetes.

Graph showing Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Diabetic Ketoacidosis as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Race, United States, 1980-2003. Links for data figures, sources, methodology and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this figure.
 

  Race
Year White Black
1980 25.0 31.0
1981 24.3 34.8
1982 26.4 44.4
1983 29.4 46.8
1984 31.5 48.9
1985 30.6 56.6
1986 28.8 51.1
1987 29.1 52.2
1988 27.0 50.1
1989 26.5 55.1
1990 22.4 52.9
1991 23.7 48.8
1992 21.5 41.4
1993 22.6 41.8
1994 21.0 41.5
1995 22.8 49.6
1996 23.1 48.3
1997 20.3 31.2
1998 19.5 29.9
1999 17.7 33.6
2000 16.6 29.0
2001 17.7 27.5
2002 20.0 26.2
2003 21.4 28.6

 

Methods and Limitations

Detailed Data Tables

 

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.

 

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