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Table 1.26b: Lower extremity amputations^a among patients with diabetes per 100,000 population age 18 years and older, by State, 2001

	Adjusted rate^b
State^c	Estimate	Standard error

United States	38.724	1.044

Arizona	28.243	0.840
California	31.968	0.369
Colorado	23.389	0.871
Florida	33.100	0.471
Georgia	49.046	0.937
Hawaii	42.482	2.130
Illinois	35.397	0.609
Iowa	27.526	1.077
Kansas^d	27.393	1.197
Kentucky	39.443	1.147
Maine	41.416	2.001
Maryland	43.048	1.047
Massachusetts	41.050	0.901
Michigan	37.013	0.698
Minnesota	24.513	0.910
Missouri	37.011	0.944
Nebraska	25.770	1.393
New Jersey	40.752	0.767
New York	39.352	0.511
North Carolina	47.339	0.884
Oregon	22.067	0.889
Pennsylvania	47.088	0.672
Rhode Island	35.569	2.006
South Carolina	60.545	1.427
Tennessee	43.841	0.983
Texas	54.059	0.799
Utah	19.748	1.225
Vermont	29.017	2.499
Virginia	41.989	0.896
Washington	24.551	0.737
West Virginia	38.505	1.579
Wisconsin	35.901	0.916

^a Numerator excludes trauma, obstetric admissions, and transfers from other institutions.

^b Rates are adjusted by age and gender, using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.

^c Not all States participate in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

^d For Kansas, rate biased upward because data element was not available to exclude transfers.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and State Inpatient Databases.

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Table 1.26b: Lower extremity amputationsa among patients with diabetes per 100,000 population age 18 years and older, by State, 2001

Table 1.26b: Lower extremity amputations^a among patients with diabetes per 100,000 population age 18 years and older, by State, 2001