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Table 3—

Annual costs of DPN and its complications in the U.S.

Health state	Type 1 diabetes			Type 2 diabetes			All diabetes
Health state		Patients	Annual cost ($ millions)	Patients	Annual cost ($ millions)	Patients	Annual cost ($ millions)
Diabetes (type)^*	832,500	—	10,267,500	—	11,100,000	—
DPN^*	494,505	$21	5,027,995	$216	5,522,500	$237
Foot ulcer
Not infected^*	44,917	$418	612,290	$5,698	657,207	$6,116
With cellulitis^*	4,632	$114	63,144	$1,552	67,776	$1,666
With osteomyelitis^*	1,858	$85	25,323	$1,154	27,181	$1,239
Amputation
Toe^†	1,266	$29	15,617	$355	16,883	$383
Foot^†	390	$17	4,805	$205	5,195	$222
Leg^†	1,526	$78	18,820	$965	20,346	$1,043
Total annual cost	—	$761	—	$10,145	—	$10,907

Health state	Type 1 diabetes			Type 2 diabetes			All diabetes
Health state		Patients	Annual cost ($ millions)	Patients	Annual cost ($ millions)	Patients	Annual cost ($ millions)
Diabetes (type)^*	832,500	—	10,267,500	—	11,100,000	—
DPN^*	494,505	$21	5,027,995	$216	5,522,500	$237
Foot ulcer
Not infected^*	44,917	$418	612,290	$5,698	657,207	$6,116
With cellulitis^*	4,632	$114	63,144	$1,552	67,776	$1,666
With osteomyelitis^*	1,858	$85	25,323	$1,154	27,181	$1,239
Amputation
Toe^†	1,266	$29	15,617	$355	16,883	$383
Foot^†	390	$17	4,805	$205	5,195	$222
Leg^†	1,526	$78	18,820	$965	20,346	$1,043
Total annual cost	—	$761	—	$10,145	—	$10,907

*

Number of patients at a given point in time;

†

number of new cases per year.