Data & Trends

Diabetes Surveillance System

1999 Surveillance Report

Table 6.2 Total Number of Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputation
Hospital Discharges*, Total Number of Days* of Hospital Stay,
and Average Length of Stay (LOS) for Discharges with Diabetes
as Any Listed Diagnosis, by Sex, United States, 1980-1996

Male Female

Discharges Days Average
LOS (days) Discharges Days Average
LOS (days)

Year 19 706 36.4 17 589 35.1

1980

1981 15 482 33.2 15 551 36.0

1982 15 528 35.0 16 447 28.0

1983 23 797 34.6 24 740 30.6

1984 22 596 27.1 25 732 28.9

1985 24 563 23.4 29 744 25.8

1986 27 570 21.0 21 484 23.4

1987 28 554 19.7 28 575 20.8

1988 35 639 18.2 20 453 23.1

1989 29 541 18.3 23 463 20.5

1990 29 566 19.8 25 542 21.5

1991 23 430 18.4 22 467 21.5

1992 33 601 18.3 25 413 16.7

1993 29 487 16.5 28 683 24.6

1994 40 501 12.5 27 483 17.9

1995 45 619 13.8 32 444 13.8

1996 51 740 14.5 35 428 12.4

* Number 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 sources, see Appendix, Data Sources & Limitations.

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