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Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Diabetes as First-Listed Diagnosis per 10,000 Population, United States, 1980–2005

The age-adjusted hospital discharge rate for diabetes as first-listed diagnosis per 10,000 general population was about 37% lower in 2005 (19.4 per 10,000 population) than in 1980 (30.9 per 10,000 population). Most of the decrease occurred immediately after the implementation of the prospective payment system by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 1983.

Graph showing Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Diabetes as First-Listed Diagnosis per 10,000 Population, United States, 1980–2003. Links for data figures, sources, methodology and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this figure.
 

Year Age-Adjusted Rate
1980 30.9
1981 30.9
1982 30.7
1983 31.1
1984 27.0
1985 21.5
1986 21.7
1987 20.7
1988 19.5
1989 18.7
1990 17.6
1991 17.7
1992 19.4
1993 18.6
1994 19.7
1995 19.2
1996 19.1
1997 19.0
1998 18.9
1999 19.7
2000 19.9
2001 19.7
2002 20.0
2003 20.4
2004 20.1
2005 19.4

 

Methods and Limitations

Detailed Data Tables

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