Diabetes-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 1997--Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Sex --Table 5


	CASES*		AVERAGE CHARGE	AVERAGE DAYS
	#	%	Dollars	Total
Total	262,813	100%	$16,692	6.5
Women	143,969	54.8%	$15,943	6.6
Men	118,844	45.2%	$17,600	6.4

* Four invalid cases are missing from this table.

More women than men were hospitalized for Diabetes-related causes in 1997.

While the average lengths of stay were similar for men and women, average hospital charges for men were nearly $1,657 higher.

In Pennsylvania, higher proportions of women are hospitalized for diabetes- related causes. This is especially true from birth to 39 years of age and again after 60 years of age. This is also affected by the fact that women have a longer life expectancy than men.

	FEMALE		MALE
Age Cohort	Cases	% of Total	Cases	% of Total
Total	143,966	54.8%	118,843	45.2%

0-19	1,098	53.3%	961	46.7%

20-39	5,863	54.7%	4,852	45.3%

40-59	26,111	48.4%	27,836	51.6%

60-79	79,493	54.0%	67,668	46.0%

80+	31,401	64.2%	17,526	35.8%

Pennsylvania 1997--Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Sex --Figure 7

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