title: Diabetes-related lower extremity amputations in Ontario: 1987-88 experience.
abstract: Lower extremity amputee rates were estimated for diabetic persons living in Ontario. The rates were specified for age, sex and six Health Regions. The 1987-88 Hospital Records Institute database supplied the information regarding the amputations and the prevalence of diabetes in Ontario was estimated from age/sex specific diabetic rates of the U.S. The crude amputee rate for Ontario is 40 amputees/year/10,000 diabetics and the amputation rate is 44 amputations/year/10,000. These rates are lower than the 101 amputees/year/10,000 reported in the U.K. and are reasonably close to those of the U.S. (59.7 amputations/year/10,000). Age and sex Standardized Morbidity Ratios indicated that Region 1 and 6 have significantly higher and Region 2 significantly lower amputee rates than the Province. There is an almost two-fold difference between the highest and the lowest DRLEA rates of the six regions. (Range: 60-30). These results should be interpreted with caution, since actual prevalence rates of diabetes are not available.
authors.affiliation: Chiropody Service, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lawee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012040:Regional Health Planning