Decrease in (Major) Amputations in Diabetics: A Secondary Data Analysis by AOK Rheinland/Hamburg

Table 2

Absolute number of hospital stays with amputation events and diabetics, proportion of diabetics with amputation compared to total number of diabetics.

Year	Number of the insured	Number of insured diabetics	Number of hospital stays with amputations			Number of diabetics with amputation			Number of diabetics with amputation/100,000 diabetics
			Major	Minor	Amputation (major + minor)	Major	Minor	Amputation	Major	Minor	Amputation
2007	2,908,300	237,164	619	975	1,594	514	761	1,196	217	321	504
2008	2,857,963	247,690	511	1,083	1,594	431	844	1,190	174	341	480
2009	2,850,008	251,623	559	1,120	1,679	456	869	1,253	181	345	498
2010	2,863,114	269,432	566	1,130	1,696	456	861	1,243	169	320	461
2011	2,881,479	267,708	515	1,120	1,635	429	884	1,245	160	330	465
2012	2,867,117	274,092	421	1,198	1,619	365	897	1,201	133	327	438
2013	2,817,703	278,647	416	1,163	1,579	352	875	1,167	126	314	419

Patients were counted only once in the corresponding year irrespective of the type of amputation (major and/or minor).