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Reduce the rate of foot and leg amputations in adults with diabetes — D‑08 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
6.1 lower extremity amputations per 1,000 adults (2020) *

Target:
5.5 per 1,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
6.2 lower extremity amputations per 1,000 adults aged 18 years and over with diagnosed diabetes occurred in 2019  *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Confidence Interval (CI) not available Standard Error (SE) not available Confidence Interval (CI) and Standard Error (SE) are not available

Lower extremity amputations in adults with diagnosed diabetes, 2019-2020 * 
(lower extremity amputations per 1,000 adults)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2020
Total
6.2
CI 5.7 / 6.7
SE 0.248
6.1
CI 5.6 / 6.6
SE 0.254