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Learn 21 FACTS LIMB LOSS COMMUNITY INCIDENCE Gender of Amputation Patients, 2014 Age at Amputation, 2014 LIMB LOSS COMMUNITY PREVALENCE Cause of Amputation Types of Amputation Lifetime healthcare costs for people with limb loss is $509,275 compared to $361,200 for people without limb loss. Hospital charges for patients who underwent an amputation totaled $10 billion in 2014. African Americans are 4 times more likely to have an amputation than white Americans.

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