Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Non-traumatic Lower Extremity Amputation per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Level of Amputation, United States, 1993–2005
From 1993 through 2005, trends in age-adjusted hospital discharge rates among the diabetic population were similar by levels of non-traumatic lower extremity amputation (LEA). In general, age-adjusted rates for all levels of LEA rates decreased over time. In 2005, the age-adjusted LEA rate was highest for toe LEA (2.3 per 1,000) followed by the below knee LEA (1.2 per 1000), and lowest for above knee LEA (0.6 per 1,000) and foot LEA (0.7 per 1,000).
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. 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 the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.
Page last reviewed: July 30, 2008
