Data & Trends

Diabetes Surveillance System

1999 Surveillance Report

Table 7.1 Number* of Hospital Discharges with
Diabetic Ketoacidosis as First-Listed Diagnosis,
Number* of Days of Hospital Stay, and Average Length of Stay (LOS), by Age, United States, 1980-1996

		Age
		0-19	20-44	45-64	65+	Total
Year		16	21	12	10	59
1980	Discharges
	Days	99	132	116	106	452
	Average LOS	6.2	6.3	9.4	10.4	7.6
1981	Discharges	15	23	18	8	64
	Days	72	177	152	127	528
	Average LOS	4.9	7.6	8.4	15.4	8.2
1982	Discharges	16	24	15	6	60
	Days	71	151	206	63	492
	Average LOS	4.4	6.4	14.2	10.6	8.2
1983	Discharges	20	31	12	9	72
	Days	109	197	126	94	526
	Average LOS	5.3	6.3	10.8	11.0	7.3
1984	Discharges	21	37	16	10	85
	Days	105	188	140	97	530
	Average LOS	5.0	5.0	8.5	9.4	6.2
1985	Discharges	21	32	16	11	81
	Days	98	184	119	95	496
	Average LOS	4.6	5.7	7.4	8.5	6.1
1986	Discharges	21	37	16	11	85
	Days	80	192	105	100	477
	Average LOS	3.8	5.2	6.5	8.8	5.6
1987	Discharges	29	39	13	11	93
	Days	144	174	116	77	511
	Average LOS	5.0	4.4	8.7	6.8	5.5
1988	Discharges	25	39	9	10	84
	Days	111	199	93	82	485
	Average LOS	4.4	5.1	10.0	8.3	5.8
1989	Discharges	21	35	12	8	75
	Days	82	173	93	71	418
	Average LOS	3.9	5.0	7.9	8.7	5.6
1990	Discharges	20	39	16	8	82
	Days	76	222	97	96	491
	Average LOS	3.9	5.8	6.1	11.4	6.0
1991	Discharges	19	42	16	8	85
	Days	78	184	137	80	479
	Average LOS	4.1	4.4	8.5	9.8	5.6
1992	Discharges	22	43	15	9	89
	Days	81	196	101	79	457
	Average LOS	3.7	4.6	6.8	8.4	5.1
1993	Discharges	14	47	20	7	87
	Days	56	194	204	76	530
	Average LOS	4.0	4.2	10.2	11.1	6.1
1994	Discharges	21	48	14	7	89
	Days	70	198	75	57	400
	Average LOS	3.4	4.1	5.4	8.4	4.5
1995	Discharges	22	40	19	9	89
	Days	68	175	94	66	403
	Average LOS	3.2	4.4	5.1	7.4	4.5
1996	Discharges	26	43	23	8	100
	Days	85	155	150	58	448
	Average LOS	3.2	3.6	6.5	7.5	4.5

* In thousands.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics, data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey. Data computed by the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NOTES: For additional information on methods and data source, see Appendix, Data Sources & Limitations.

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