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 |
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 |
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.