Table 2_3_4-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 2_3_4.1
Hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations per 1,000 population with diabetes,^a United States, 1998–2000 and 2004–2006
Population group		2004–2006		1998–2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		3.8	0.2	6.0	0.4
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	*	*	*	*
	18–44	2.5	0.3	3.5	0.6
	45–64	4.1	0.3	6.3	0.6
	65 and over	5.2	0.4	9.7	0.7
Race^b	AI/AN only	*	*	*	*
	Asian only	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI only	*	*	*	*
	Black only	5.7	0.6	7.3	0.9
	White only	2.5	0.2	4.4	0.4
Gender	Male	5.4	0.4	7.7	0.6
Gender	Female	2.3	0.2	4.3	0.4

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b Race classification changed in 2000. Data for 2000 and later years may not be comparable to data from previous years.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey and National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 2_3_4-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/2_diabetes/T2_3_4-1.html