Table 2_3_4-2

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_4.2
Hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations per 1,000 population with diabetes,^a by race, United States, 2004–2006
Population group		Total		Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN
		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		3.8	0.2	2.5	0.2	5.7	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	2.5	0.3	1.3	0.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45–64	4.1	0.3	2.9	0.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	5.2	0.4	2.9	0.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	5.4	0.4	3.8	0.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	2.3	0.2	1.3	0.1	3.4	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using three age groups: 0–64, 65–74, and 75 and over, except where indicated.

* - 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_4-2: 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_4-2.html