Estimating the prevalence of limb loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050
K Ziegler-Graham, EJ MacKenzie, PL Ephraim… - Archives of physical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Ziegler-Graham K, MacKenzie EJ, Ephraim PL, Travison TG, Brookmeyer R. Estimating the
prevalence of limb loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the
current prevalence of limb loss in the United States and project the future prevalence to the
year 2050. DESIGN: Estimates were constructed using age-, sex-, and race-specific
incidence rates for amputation combined with age-, sex-, and race-specific assumptions
about mortality. Incidence rates were derived from the 1988 to 1999 Nationwide Inpatient …
prevalence of limb loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the
current prevalence of limb loss in the United States and project the future prevalence to the
year 2050. DESIGN: Estimates were constructed using age-, sex-, and race-specific
incidence rates for amputation combined with age-, sex-, and race-specific assumptions
about mortality. Incidence rates were derived from the 1988 to 1999 Nationwide Inpatient …