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Table 1.30a: National Management of Diabetes

Lower extremity amputations in persons with diabetes, per 1,000 population (all ages), United States, 1998-2000

Population group	Rate	Standard error

Total	4.8	0.4
Age (not age adjusted)
0-17	DSU	DSU
18-44	3.5	0.6
45-64	6.4	0.6
65 and over	9.8	0.7
Race^a
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU
Asian	DSU	DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU
Black or African American	7.0	1.5
White	3.5	0.4
Ethnicity
Hispanic	DSU	DSU
Non-Hispanic	DSU	DSU
Black or African American	DSU	DSU
White	DSU	DSU
Gender
Female	3.2	0.3
Male	6.6	0.8
Expected payment source^b
Medicaid	DSU	DSU
Medicare	DSU	DSU
Private/other insurance	DSU	DSU
Uninsured	DSU	DSU
Unknown (weighted count)	DSU	DSU

^a Race categories changed in 2000. Data for 2000 may not be comparable to those used in previous years.

^b Rates may be overestimated due to undercount in the CPS denominators.

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

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

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