Figure 2-2. Prevalence rate ratios of complications among hospitalized individuals aged 20 years and older, by diabetes status, Canada, 2008/09

As shown in figure 2-2, in 2008/09, Canadian adults with diabetes were more likely than those without diabetes to be hospitalized with other health problems, namely cerebrovascular disease (stroke), acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), ischemic heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease and lower limb amputations. For example, individuals with diabetes were 5.9 times more likely to be hospitalized with renal disease and 12.0 times more likely to be hospitalized with end-stage renal disease than individuals without diabetes. They were also almost 20 times more likely to be hospitalized with non-traumatic lower limb amputations than their counterparts without diabetes.

Footnotes: Rate ratios in this figure are based on rates age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian population. A person with diabetes hospitalized with more than one complication was counted once in each category, except for cases of acute myocardial infarction, where regardless of multiple counts in the acute myocardial infarction category, the individual was counted only once under the broader ischemic heart disease category.

Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (August 2011); using 2008/09 data from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (Public Health Agency of Canada).

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