TABLE 3.
Risk of incident transfemoral amputation by race/ethnicity across Veterans Affairs (nationally) and stratified by region
| White (N = 4356) n (%) |
Black (N = 2302) n (%) |
Hispanic (N = 638) n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Across Veterans Affairs | |||
| Transmetatarsal/Transtibial | 3000 (69) | 1492 (65) | 518 (54) |
| Transfemoral | 1356 (31) | 810 (35) | 293 (46) |
| Pacific | |||
| Transmetatarsal/Transtibial | 563 (73) | 153 (73) | 87 (75) |
| Transfemoral | 202 (27) | 55 (27) | 33 (25) |
| Midwest | |||
| Transmetatarsal/Transtibial | 723 (72) | 865 (66) | 16 (84) |
| Transfemoral | 279 (28) | 134 (34) | 3 (16) |
| Continental | |||
| Transmetatarsal/Transtibial | 424 (65) | 212 (57) | 55 (70) |
| Transfemoral | 231 (35) | 157 (43) | 24 (30) |
| North Atlantic | |||
| Transmetatarsal/Transtibial | 720 (70) | 517 (68) | 56 (80) |
| Transfemoral | 313 (30) | 245 (32) | 40 (20) |
| Southeast | |||
| Transmetatarsal/Transtibial | 579 (64) | 348 (61) | 121 (36) |
| Transfemoral | 331 (36) | 219 (39) | 219 (64) |