This 2008 epidemiologic study estimated how many Americans were living with limb loss in 2005 and projected that number forward to 2050. It used hospital discharge data from 1988-1999 combined with population and mortality projections to model prevalence by age, sex, race, and amputation etiology. The core question: how large is the limb-loss population now, and where is it headed?
This 2008 epidemiologic study estimated how many Americans were living with limb loss in 2005 and projected that number forward to 2050. It used hospital discharge data from 1988-1999 combined with population and mortality projections to model prevalence by age, sex, race, and amputation etiology. The core question: how large is the limb-loss population now, and where is it headed?