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

From 1980 through 2005, age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for diabetes as first-listed diagnosis declined 70% among whites (from 120.7 to 36.3 per 1,000 diabetic population) and about 55% among blacks (from 157.2 to 71.1 per 1,000 diabetic population). The rates were higher among blacks. In 2005, the age-adjusted rate for blacks (71.1) was 96% higher than for whites (36.3).

Graph showing Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Diabetes 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 120.7 157.2
1981 140.4 185.0
1982 138.6 169.1
1983 137.5 157.8
1984 114.6 149.1
1985 98.5 147.8
1986 85.2 162.2
1987 90.0 112.9
1988 85.2 133.7
1989 72.8 139.9
1990 65.9 118.9
1991 62.2 129.3
1992 61.6 134.3
1993 57.0 106.8
1994 64.7 129.4
1995 55.1 124.3
1996 65.4 124.7
1997 45.4 83.2
1998 53.7 80.5
1999 46.8 98.1
2000 41.0 91.0
2001 46.8 66.4
2002 47.9 75.7
2003 47.2 80.5
2004 36.4 76.8
2005 36.3 71.1

 

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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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Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007