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Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for a Lower Extremity Condition as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Race, United States, 1984-2003

In general, age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for a lower extremity condition as first-listed diagnosis decreased in whites has made a steady decline throughout the study time period. Rates for blacks on the other hand, varied considerably until 1993 when rates steadily increased until 1999, when it began a gradual downward trend. In 2003, the age-adjusted hospital discharge rate for a lower extremity condition as first-listed diagnosis per 1,000 diabetic population was 12.9 for whites and 17.3 for blacks.

Graph showing Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for LEDs as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Race, United States, 1984-2002. Links for data figures, sources, methodology and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this figure.
 

  Age-Adjusted Discharge Rate
Year White Black
1984 18.5 17.1
1985 17.0 16.8
1986 16.4 22.7
1987 16.3 19.2
1988 16.9 20.6
1989 16.8 18.8
1990 14.1 23.4
1991 13.3 21.5
1992 13.6 22.1
1993 15.2 17.7
1994 15.1 20.3
1995 15.6 21.3
1996 15.1 24.6
1997 12.2 19.7
1998 12.2 19.6
1999 11.8 20.8
2000 11.1 17.2
2001 11.4 16.1
2002 12.3 16.6
2003 12.9 17.3

 

Methods and Limitations

Detailed Data Tables

 

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.

 

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Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007