Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for a Lower Extremity Condition as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Sex, United States, 1980-2003
In general, age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for a lower extremity condition as first-listed diagnosis was higher among men than among women. Although rates stayed relatively steady for women across the observed time period, rates among men remained steady until 1994 when it spiked in 1995 and then began decreasing until 2000, when it began an upward climb again.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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