Diabetes-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in 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.
Diabetes-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania 1997 - Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Age - Figure 5