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Table 2 Prevalence rate of lower-extremity amputation from 2009 to 2013 according to urbanization level

From: Urban-rural disparity in lower extremities amputation in patients with diabetes after nearly two decades of universal health Insurance in Taiwan

 

Year

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Change %

β

P for trend

Case number

 Urban

922

888

814

719

798

   

 Sub-urban

772

785

707

624

716

   

 Rural

322

315

289

235

330

   

Prevalence rate(104)

Overall

 Urban

24.8 (23.2–26.4)

22.7 (21.2–24.2)

19.8 (18.5–21.2)

16.3 (15.1–17.5)

16.3 (15.2–17.5)

−34%

−0.117

< 0.001

 Sub-urban

35.7 (33.1–38.2)

32.9 (30.6–35.2)

28.3 (26.2–30.3)

23.1 (21.3–24.9)

23.6 (21.9–25.3)

−34%

−0.118

< 0.001

 Rural

43.3 (38.6–48.1)

35.5 (31.6–39.4)

31.8 (28.1–35.5)

24.1 (21.1–27.2)

30.8 (27.5–34.2)

−29%

−0.104

< 0.001

Female

 Urban

20.6 (18.5–22.6)

19.5 (17.6–21.5)

15.9 (14.2–17.6)

13.0 (11.5–14.4)

12.1 (10.8–13.5)

−41%

−0.147

< 0.001

 Sub-urban

31.1 (27.8–34.3)

26.9 (24.0–29.8)

25.1 (22.4–27.8)

17.7 (15.6–19.9)

18.4 (16.2–20.5)

−41%

−0.146

< 0.001

 Rural

40.0 (33.8–46.2)

29.1 (24.3–33.9)

27.6 (23.0–32.3)

18.4 (14.7–22.1)

24.0 (20.0–28.0)

−40%

−0.148

< 0.001

Male

 Urban

29.3 (26.8–31.8)

26.0 (23.7–28.3)

24.0 (21.8–26.1)

19.8 (17.9–21.7)

20.8 (18.9–22.6)

−29%

−0.095

< 0.001

 Sub-urban

40.9 (37.0–44.8)

39.6 (35.9–43.3)

31.8 (28.6–35.0)

28.9 (26.0–31.9)

29.3 (26.5–32.1)

−28%

−0.098

< 0.001

 Rural

47.3 (40–54.6)

42.9 (36.6–49.2)

36.6 (30.9–42.4)

30.7 (25.6–35.9)

38.5 (33.1–44.0)

−19%

−0.070

0.005

  1. Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals
  2. β is the year trend of annual prevalence rate of LEA between 2009 and 2013 estimated from Poisson regression model