U.S. maps showing distribution of lower extremity amputation rates in 2007, adjusted and nonadjusted. For nonadjusted, rates ranged from 0.19 to 0.79. Rates were highest in the South and Northwest. For adjustment using basic specification (age, gender, race/ethnicity), rates ranged from 0.21 to 0.83 and were highest in the Northwest and the South. For adjustment using expanded specification (basic plus obesity, microvascular and macrovascular conditions, and HRR), rates ranged from 0.23 to 1.07 and were highest in the Southeast, North Central, and Northwest areas.

Figure 2Annual incidence of LEA per 100 Medicare FFS beneficiaries (Parts A and B) Based on Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Hospital Referral Regions, 2007

From: Data Points #2, Incidence of diabetic foot ulcer and lower extremity amputation among Medicare beneficiaries, 2006 to 2008

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