Preventable Hospitalizations. Table 4: Admission Rates for Preventable Conditions per 100,000 Population 18 Years and Older, 2000

Table 4. Admission Rates for Preventable Conditions per 100,000 Population 18 Years and Older, 2000

Prevention Quality Indicator^a	Age Group
Prevention Quality Indicator^a	18-44(a) years	45-64 years	65 years
Uncontrolled diabetes without complications	15	36^b	59^b
Short-term diabetes complications	54	49^b	45^b
Long-term diabetes complications	33	158^b	339^b
Diabetes-related lower extremity amputations	5	55^b	140^b
Congestive heart failure	35	355^b	2,321^b
Hypertension	15	57^b	116^b
Angina without a procedure	12	90^b	197^b
Adult asthma	89	131^b	158^b
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	20	272^b	1,138^b
Bacterial pneumonia	92	323^b	1,815^b
Dehydration	32	90^b	568^b
Urinary tract infection	64	97^b	647^b
Perforated appendix	230	443^b	579^b

^a Full definitions for each Prevention Quality Indicator are in the Glossary section of this report.
^b Statistically different from group (a) at p<0.05. Rates are adjusted by age and sex, using year 2000 as the standard population.

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