Diabetes-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 1997--Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Age --Table 3

The prevalence of hospitalization for Diabetes-related causes increases with age (up to 79 years).

Those aged 60-79 years accounted for 56% of the Diabetes-related hospitalizations (147,163), 58.9% of the total hospital charges ($2.6 billion), and 57.5% of the total days in the hospital (980,376).

	CASES*		DOLLARS		DAYS		AVERAGE
	#	%	Total	%	Total	%	Dollars	Days
Statewide	262,811	100%	$4,387,025,421	100%	1,704,538	100%	$16,693	6.5

0-19 years	2,059	0.8%	$20,285,094	0.5%	8,083	0.5%	$9,852	3.9

20-39 years	10,715	4.1%	$143,410,218	3.3%	53,942	3.2%	$13,384	5.0

40-59 years	53,947	20.5%	$940,134,598	21.4%	313,536	18.4%	$17,427	5.8

60-79 years	147,163	56.0%	$2,583,963,092	58.9%	980,376	57.5%	$17,559	6.7

80+ years	48,927	18.6%	$699,232,420	15.9%	348,601	20.5%	$14,291	7.1

* Six invalid cases are missing from this table.

Pennsylvania 1997--Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Age --Figure 5

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