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Epidemiology & Statistics Associated with Limb Loss & Limb Deficiency: 

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration Award # H235J050020 Epidemiology & Statistics Associated with Limb Loss & Limb Deficiency M. Jason Highsmith, PT, DPT, CP, FAAOP University of South Florida College of Medicine School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences “Demonstration Project on Prosthetics & Orthotics”

Basic Definitions1: 

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration Award # H235J050020 Basic Definitions 1 Incidence- frequency of occurrence of an event or condition in relation to a given population within a period of time Prevalence- number of cases of a disease present in a given population at a given time Morbidity- number of cases of a certain disease within a certain population Mortality- a ratio of the number of deaths within a given population

Considerations: 

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration Award # H235J050020 Considerations What causes amputation? Of the lower extremities (LE)? Of the Upper extremities (UE)? There are about 11 LE amputees to every UE amputee 3 What Levels of amputation are most common? Who is most at risk? Photos courtesy of Otto Bock

Processes Leading to Lower Extremity Amputation: 

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration Award # H235J050020 Processes Leading to Lower Extremity Amputation Peripheral Vascular Disease Diabetes Trauma Tumor/Cancer Congenital Deficiency and/or absence of a limb Authors unknown