Number (in Thousands) of Hospital Discharges with a Lower Extremity Condition (LED) as First-Listed or Secondary Diagnosis and Diabetes as Any Listed Diagnosis, United States, 1980-2003
Among hospital discharges with diabetes as any-listed diagnosis (first-listed or one of the six secondary diagnoses), the number of discharges with a lower extremity condition (i.e., peripheral arterial disease, ulcer/inflammation/infection, or neuropathy) as a first-listed diagnosis and as a secondary diagnosis more than doubled from 1980 through 2003. During this time period, the number of discharges with a lower extremity condition as the secondary-listed diagnosis increased more rapidly than discharges with a lower extremity condition as the first-listed diagnosis. In 2003, there were 873,000 discharges with a lower extremity condition as either the first-listed or secondary diagnosis. In about 30% of these discharges, it was the first-listed diagnosis.
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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. Data computed by personnel in the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.
Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007