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Crude and Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Diabetes as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, United States, 1980–2005

From 1980 through 2005, crude rates of hospital discharge for diabetes as the first-listed diagnosis decreased about 69% (from 115.5 to 35.9 per 1,000 people with diabetes). The similar decrease in age-adjusted rates indicates that the decrease was not due to the aging of the population. A particularly large drop in rates occurred between 1983 and 1985 when the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the prospective payment system.

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

Year Crude Age-Adjusted
1980 115.5 145.1
1981 116.3 150.0
1982 116.8 157.3
1983 116.7 157.6
1984 100.1 139.2
1985 77.0 118.9
1986 76.3 110.1
1987 73.5 110.3
1988 70.8 102.5
1989 69.7 95.8
1990 63.4 86.6
1991 62.0 89.6
1992 63.8 89.1
1993 60.8 81.2
1994 62.3 90.6
1995 61.6 80.9
1996 61.8 86.2
1997 49.3 65.1
1998 48.9 68.9
1999 48.9 66.8
2000 46.4 62.2
2001 43.6 58.5
2002 42.6 65.2
2003 41.8 66.8
2004 39.3 59.6
2005 35.9 54.2

 

Methods and Limitations
 

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. Data computed by personnel in CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

 

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