CDC's Diabetes Program - Data & Trends - Diabetes Surveillance System - Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation with Diabetes by Level

Crude and Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Level of Amputation (LEA), United States, 1993�2009

Year	Level of Amputation
	Toe		Foot		Below Knee		Above Knee
	Percentage	Std Error	Percentage	Std Error	Percentage	Std Error	Percentage	Std Error
1993	3.6	.22	1.2	.09	2.7	.17	1.6	.11
1994	3.9	.22	1.3	.09	3.0	.17	1.9	.11
1995	3.6	.21	1.3	.09	2.9	.16	1.7	.10
1996	4.2	.30	1.7	.13	3.3	.23	2.1	.15
1997	3.2	.14	1.3	.07	2.5	.11	1.6	.07
1998	3.2	.15	1.3	.07	2.6	.11	1.6	.08
1999	3.1	.12	1.2	.06	2.4	.10	1.5	.07
2000	3.0	.13	1.0	.05	2.3	.09	1.4	.06
2001	2.8	.11	0.9	.05	2.0	.08	1.3	.06
2002	2.8	.12	0.8	.04	2.0	.08	1.2	.06
2003	2.7	.12	0.8	.04	1.8	.07	1.2	.06
2004	2.6	.10	0.8	.04	1.6	.07	1.0	.05
2005	2.4	.10	0.7	.03	1.3	.06	0.8	.04
2006	2.3	.11	0.7	.04	1.3	.06	0.8	.04
2007	2.2	.10	0.6	.03	1.2	.06	0.7	.04
2008	2.1	.09	0.6	.03	1.1	.05	0.7	.03
2009	1.9	.08	0.6	.03	1.0	.05	0.6	.03

Methods and Limitations

Data Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost & 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.

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Crude and Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation per 1,000 Diabetic Population, by Level of Amputation (LEA), United States, 1993�2009