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Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults with Diabetes Reporting a Mobility Limitation, United States, 1997–2007

In 2007, the age-adjusted percentage of adults with diabetes reporting a mobility limitation was 34.3% for walking a quarter mile, 28.4% for climbing up 10 steps, 35.8% for standing for 2 hours, and 41.4% for stooping, bending, or kneeling. From 1997 through 2000, the percentage of adults with diabetes with a mobility limitation decreased for all limitations, but from 2000 through 2007, no major trend changes in the age-adjusted percentage of these mobility tasks were apparent.

Graph showing Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults with Diabetes Reporting a Mobility Limitation, United States, 1997-2007
 

Year Walk a quarter mile Climb up 10 steps Stand for 2 hours Stoop, bend, or kneel
Percent Std Error Percent Std Error Percent Std Error Percent Std Error
1997 36.9 1.2 30.2 1.1 40.0 1.2 45.4 1.3
1998 35.7 1.0 28.7 0.9 37.6 1.0 42.7 1.1
1999 33.7 1.0 26.9 0.8 35.7 0.9 40.7 1.0
2000 32.5 0.9 25.8 0.7 34.2 0.9 39.0 0.9
2001 32.2 0.9 27.1 0.8 35.0 0.9 40.3 0.9
2002 33.0 0.9 28.1 0.8 35.1 0.9 40.6 0.9
2003 33.8 0.9 29.3 0.9 36.0 0.9 42.2 1.0
2004 34.6 0.9 29.0 0.9 37.1 0.9 42.5 1.0
2005 34.8 1.0 28.8 1.0 37.5 1.0 42.7 1.1
2006 34.5 1.1 28.6 1.0 36.9 1.1 41.9 1.3
2007 34.3 1.4 28.4 1.2 35.8 1.4 41.4 1.7

 

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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. Data computed by personnel in the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.

 

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