Table 2.
ILEA counts and rates*: FY 2000–2004
| Variable | FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
FY 2002 |
FY 2003 |
FY 2004 |
Five-year reduction |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | % | |
| Denominator | 405,580 | 454,221 | 514,970 | 651,752 | 739,377 | ||||||
| ILEA | 2,870 | 7.08 | 3,019 | 6.64 | 3,101 | 5.98 | 3,492 | 5.24 | 3547 | 4.65 | −34.30 |
| Level of amputation | |||||||||||
| Minor amputation | 1,862 | 4.59 | 1,946 | 4.28 | 2,000 | 3.86 | 2,261 | 3.42 | 2299 | 3.06 | −33.30 |
| Major amputation | 1,008 | 2.49 | 1,073 | 2.36 | 1,101 | 2.12 | 1,231 | 1.82 | 1247 | 1.59 | −36.10 |
| BK | 436 | 1.08 | 511 | 1.12 | 537 | 1.04 | 615 | 0.92 | 675 | 0.87 | −19.40 |
| AK | 572 | 1.41 | 562 | 1.23 | 564 | 1.09 | 616 | 0.9 | 572 | 0.72 | −48.90 |
| Ratio of major/minor | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Ratio of AK/BK | 1.31 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 1.00 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||
| White | 2,116 | 7.01 | 2,237 | 6.61 | 2,272 | 5.86 | 2,620 | 5.18 | 2664 | 4.63 | −34.00 |
| African American | 614 | 8.38 | 624 | 7.76 | 655 | 7.47 | 661 | 6.63 | 672 | 6.3 | −24.80 |
| Hispanic | 79 | 6.04 | 92 | 6.28 | 91 | 5.49 | 100 | 5.59 | 91 | 5.16 | −14.60 |
| Other | 56 | 7.27 | 57 | 6.7 | 76 | 8.01 | 70 | 6.16 | 58 | 4.47 | −38.50 |
*
Rates are standardized to the age and sex distribution of the population in FY 2000 and presented as per 1,000 patients with diabetes and no prior amputation, alive as of the beginning of the year. AK, above knee; BK, below knee.