Table 2_3_4-1

2010 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, 1998-2007
		2005-2007		2004-2006		2003-2005		2002-2004		2001-2003		1999-2001		1998-2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		3.5	0.2	3.8	0.2	4.1	0.2	4.4	0.2	4.8	0.3	5.6	0.4	6.0	0.4
Age^b	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	2.4	0.3	2.5	0.3	2.3	0.4	2.7	0.4	2.5	0.3	2.3	0.4	3.5	0.6
	45-64	3.7	0.3	4.1	0.3	4.4	0.3	4.6	0.3	5.0	0.4	6.2	0.6	6.3	0.6
	65 and over	4.5	0.4	5.2	0.4	6.0	0.4	6.9	0.5	7.9	0.7	9.4	0.8	9.7	0.7
Race^c	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	4.9	0.5	5.7	0.6	5.9	0.7	5.9	0.7	5.3	0.6	5.6	0.7	7.3	0.9
	White only	2.4	0.3	2.5	0.2	2.8	0.3	3.1	0.3	3.7	0.3	4.4	0.4	4.4	0.4
Gender	Male	4.8	0.4	5.4	0.4	5.6	0.4	6.0	0.4	6.4	0.4	7.4	0.6	7.7	0.6
Gender	Female	2.2	0.2	2.3	0.2	2.6	0.2	2.9	0.2	3.2	0.3	3.9	0.3	4.3	0.4

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

^b Age data are unadjusted.

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

DSU - 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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 2_3_4-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/2_diabetes/T2_3_4-1.html