2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.34a

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Table 1.34a
Persons receiving a kidney transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure,^a United States, 1992-1994 and 2001

Population group		2001		1992-1994
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		18.4	0.2	22.8	0.1
Age	0-19	67.8	1.4	69.3	0.8
	20-39	32.4	0.5	42.8	0.3
	40-59	18.7	0.3	23.2	0.2
	60-69	8.1	0.2	6.2	0.1
Gender	Male	19.8	0.2	25.7	0.2
Gender	Female	16.6	0.3	19.4	0.2
Race	White	24.4	0.3	29.0	0.2
	Black	9.2	0.2	12.9	0.2
	Native American	8.6	0.9	15.7	0.9
	Asian	19.0	0.9	25.0	0.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	14.9	0.4	22.5	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	19.0	0.2	22.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	26.9	0.3	30.1	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9.1	0.2	12.8	0.2

^a All Medicare dialysis patients who initiated therapy in the given year were included. Patients with prior kidney transplants and patients over the age of 69 were excluded from the measure. Percents are estimated using the Kaplan-Meier methodology. Followup was censored at removal from the list, death, or the end of the 3-year period.

Source: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, U.S. Renal Data System.