June 02, 2008
Racial disparity in amputation rate
From UPI:
African-American neighborhoods have an incidence rate of amputations from diabetes five times higher than that of white neighborhoods, researchers say.
The study, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, found that in the South and West sides of Chicago, African-Americans comprised less than 15 percent of the population, but accounted for 27 percent of all amputation discharges for 33,775 patients at 171 hospitals during the study period of 1987 to 2004.
The study can be found in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
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Posted by Staff at 07:02 AM
Category: African-American Health; Amputations; Health Disparities; diabetes; racial differences