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

In 2007, among adults with diabetes, 58.4% reported a mobility limitation (i.e., walking a quarter mile, climbing up 10 steps, standing for 2 hours, or stooping, bending or kneeling). Between 1997 and 2000, the percentage reporting a mobility limitation declined, but showed little change thereafter. Trends in the crude and age-adjusted percent were similar.

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

Year Crude Age-adjusted
Rate Standard Error Rate Standard Error
1997 65.2 0.9 55.9 1.3
1998 62.2 0.8 52.7 1.1
1999 59.6 0.8 50.1 1.1
2000 58.2 0.7 47.7 1.0
2001 58.7 0.7 48.8 1.0
2002 59.3 0.7 48.4 1.0
2003 59.3 0.7 48.7 1.0
2004 59.9 0.7 49.0 1.0
2005 60.1 0.7 49.3 1.3
2006 58.9 0.8 49.3 1.3
2007 58.4 1.0 48.4 1.8


Methods and Limitations

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.

 

Page last modified: April 1, 2009
Page last reviewed: April 1, 2009