Table 2.

All primary LLAs performed on citizens of Trondheim in 1994–97 and 2004–07 due to diabetes mellitus (DM), peripheral vascular disease (PVD), or for other reasons (such as trauma, infection, or malignant tumors)

	LLA due to DM		LLA due to PVD		LLA for other reasons
	1994–97	2004–07	1994–97	2004–07	1994–97	2004–07
Partial foot amputation	13	12	3	3	9	6
Ankle disarticulation	0	0	0	0	1	1
Transtibial amputation	16	8	12	17	3	5
Knee disarticulation	14	12	31	27	3	1
Transfemoral amputation	4	6	29	8	3	5
Hip disarticulation	0	0	1	0	1	2
Major LLA	34	26	73	52
All LLA	47	38	76	55
Ratio	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.0
95% CI	0.6–0.8	0.5–0.8	0.9–1.0	0.9–1.0