Cause statistics for Amputation

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Cause statistics for Amputation
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The following are statistics from various sources about the causes of Amputation:
0.7% of diabetics had a lower limb amputation in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
60% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur among diabetics in the US 2001 (National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003)
82,000 nontraumatic lower-limb amputations were performed annually on diabetics in the US 2000-2001 (National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003)