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

From 1980 through 2005, hospital discharge rates for diabetes as the first-listed diagnosis were higher among people aged less than 44 years or younger and those aged 75 years or older and similar among those 45–64 years and 65–74 years. During this period, the rates decreased among all age groups. In 2005, the hospital discharge rate for diabetes as first-listed diagnosis per 1,000 diabetic population was 67.5 for people aged 44 years or younger, 28.1 for those 45–64, 27.0 for those 65–74 and 36.5 for people aged 75 years or older.

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

Year 0-44 45-64 65-74 75+
1980 166.2 100.8 97.6 131.3
1981 174.4 96.8 100.2 136.6
1982 187.3 94.7 105.8 121.0
1983 187.4 95.4 98.0 130.8
1984 167.5 82.7 81.1 106.1
1985 148.2 64.1 56.5 72.1
1986 135.0 62.2 63.8 67.7
1987 137.4 57.8 56.3 69.5
1988 126.8 52.7 55.1 75.2
1989 115.0 57.2 55.8 73.7
1990 104.2 52.3 52.1 59.9
1991 110.1 49.6 45.3 63.9
1992 108.0 52.6 45.0 68.7
1993 96.6 49.5 48.4 67.0
1994 111.8 48.0 46.8 66.4
1995 94.7 54.1 45.9 68.2
1996 104.1 50.5 47.2 67.6
1997 76.9 40.0 39.7 58.7
1998 83.9 36.2 36.6 62.7
1999 80.2 39.6 38.4 54.1
2000 73.6 39.9 31.1 55.2
2001 69.5 35.6 34.2 50.7
2002 81.3 33.9 31.1 43.1
2003 84.5 31.8 29.3 45.5
2004 74.1 30.1 29.2 45.0
2005 67.5 28.1 27.0 36.5

 

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.

 

Page last modified: August 26, 2006
Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007