Hospitalizations for Diabetes as Any-Listed Diagnosis
Average Length of Stay (LOS) in Days of Hospital Discharges with Diabetes as Any-Listed Diagnosis, United States, 1980–2005
From 1980 through 2005, the average length of stay for hospital discharges for diabetes as any-listed diagnosis decreased by 6.1 days (from 11.0 to 4.9 days). As seen in the detailed tables, decreases in average length of stay were seen among all age, sex, and race groups examined. In 2005, discharges for diabetes as any-listed diagnosis accounted for 25.5 million days of hospital stay.
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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 modified: September 29, 2008
Page last reviewed: September 29, 2008