Table 1. Avoidable admissions for diabetes

Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action

Table 1. Avoidable admissions for diabetes (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population age 18 years and older, by severity and State, 2001

State	Admissions for diabetes without complications^a		Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications^a		Admissions for diabetes with long-term complications^a		Lower extremity amputations^a among patients with diabetes
State	Adjusted rate^b	Standard error	Adjusted rate^b	Standard error	">Adjusted rate^b	Standard error	Adjusted rate^b	Standard error
United States Table decile	26.822 5.797	1.161 0.349	52.367 31.886	1.314 0.810	117.098 66.367	2.532 0.882	38.724 22.186	1.044 0.557
Arizona	11.724	0.552	50.215	1.154	112.620	1.682	28.243	0.840
California	16.981	0.266	42.683	0.415	102.283	0.656	31.968	0.369
Colorado	5.798	0.446	40.347	1.127	75.363	1.558	23.389	0.871
Florida	31.295	0.489	51.915	0.668	104.526	0.859	33.100	0.471
Georgia	31.945	0.746	70.393	1.078	118.547	1.437	49.046	0.937
Hawaii	9.204	1.001	28.956	1.803	94.807	3.197	42.482	2.130
Illinois	40.807	0.656	47.147	0.715	117.150	1.107	35.397	0.609
Iowa	15.891	0.842	39.285	1.372	93.180	2.013	27.526	1.077
Kansas^c	36.452	1.445	50.887	1.724	113.395	2.504	27.393	1.197
Kentucky	36.548	1.138	64.081	1.553	128.038	2.078	39.443	1.147
Maine	10.693	1.032	39.892	2.060	104.357	3.197	41.416	2.001
Maryland	19.883	0.704	51.091	1.131	104.892	1.622	43.048	1.047
Massachusetts	10.981	0.468	39.611	0.906	103.596	1.430	41.050	0.901
Michigan	17.454	0.484	60.363	0.906	108.623	1.198	37.013	0.698
Minnesota	12.228	0.656	32.736	1.063	93.903	1.781	24.513	0.910
Missouri	24.268	0.780	58.131	1.254	117.393	1.701	37.011	0.944
Nebraska	14.298	1.125	31.573	1.681	72.133	2.430	25.770	1.393
New Jersey	32.420	0.696	53.358	0.919	140.081	1.425	40.752	0.767
New York	37.245	0.502	49.973	0.594	134.241	0.943	39.352	0.511
North Carolina	25.259	0.669	63.418	1.049	121.154	1.419	47.339	0.884
Oregon	8.131	0.550	37.158	1.214	68.093	1.585	22.067	0.889
Pennsylvania	24.398	0.502	55.110	0.784	124.370	1.104	47.088	0.672
Rhode Island	13.932	1.273	45.901	2.387	110.239	3.562	35.569	2.006
South Carolina	38.957	1.371	71.394	1.723	157.310	2.418	60.545	1.427
Tennessee	33.819	0.877	64.444	1.233	120.911	1.641	43.841	0.983
Texas	30.699	0.780	55.555	0.789	146.609	1.297	54.059	0.799
Utah	5.369	0.622	39.749	1.634	67.975	2.254	19.748	1.225
Vermont	7.161	1.249	35.297	2.779	75.042	4.019	29.017	2.499
Virginia	19.605	0.607	52.215	0.982	113.897	1.462	41.989	0.896
Washington	8.003	0.424	38.857	0.943	64.822	1.199	24.551	0.737
West Virginia	33.928	1.519	70.456	2.335	154.406	3.190	38.505	1.579
Wisconsin	14.026	0.583	41.999	1.027	92.844	1.483	35.901	0.916

^a Key: Without complications = without short-term or long-term complications. With short-term complications = with ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma. With long-term complications = with renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, or other unspecified complications. Lower extremity amputations exclude trauma-related admissions.
^b Rates are adjusted by age and gender, using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.
^c Rates biased upward because data element was not available to exclude transfers.
Note: Not all States participate in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (for United States rate) and State Inpatient Databases (for State rates).

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Internet Citation: Table 1. Avoidable admissions for diabetes: Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action: . July 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/diabguide/diabsupp/diabsupptab1.html