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Table 1.34b
Persons receiving a kidney transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure,a by State, 1992-1994 and 2001
State 2001 1992-1994
Percent Standard error Percent Standard error
United States 18.4 0.2 22.8 0.1
Alabama 12.3 1.0 23.6 0.9
Alaska 24.2 4.6 28.4 3.3
Arizona 16.9 1.2 19.8 0.9
Arkansas 15.4 1.6 28.6 1.4
California 15.4 0.5 22.6 0.4
Colorado 21.5 1.8 30.9 1.4
Connecticut 18.0 1.7 22.5 1.2
Delaware 21.2 3.0 25.5 2.2
District of Columbia 9.5 1.6 11.9 1.2
Florida 17.5 0.7 22.8 0.5
Georgia 13.1 0.7 16.2 0.6
Hawaii 13.2 1.8 11.9 1.2
Idaho 35.6 3.7 33.3 2.8
Illinois 21.5 0.8 25.3 0.6
Indiana 21.4 1.3 22.9 0.9
Iowa 35.0 2.5 36.0 1.6
Kansas 20.5 2.0 24.9 1.5
Kentucky 17.1 1.4 27.0 1.2
Louisiana 11.3 0.9 18.6 0.8
Maine 28.1 3.4 35.9 2.8
Maryland 19.0 1.1 22.2 0.8
Massachusetts 27.5 1.7 25.3 1.0
Michigan 20.1 0.9 24.7 0.7
Minnesota 38.5 1.9 41.7 1.3
Mississippi 9.9 1.0 16.4 0.9
Missouri 18.4 1.3 26.8 1.0
Montana 22.8 3.4 46.8 3.3
Nebraska 21.9 2.6 33.1 2.0
Nevada 27.9 2.3 28.1 1.9
New Hampshire 29.5 3.8 32.6 2.7
New Jersey 18.8 1.0 17.8 0.7
New Mexico 15.7 1.8 22.1 1.5
New York 15.2 0.6 16.5 0.4
North Carolina 12.4 0.8 15.2 0.6
North Dakota 49.3 5.6 36.8 3.4
Ohio 22.5 0.9 27.7 0.7
Oklahoma 16.4 1.4 24.8 1.2
Oregon 29.9 2.2 30.1 1.5
Pennsylvania 24.4 1.0 25.2 0.6
Puerto Rico 10.7 1.2 7.0 0.6
Rhode Island 35.6 4.0 26.0 2.3
South Carolina 11.8 1.0 18.4 0.8
South Dakota 40.0 4.4 30.1 2.8
Tennessee 19.8 1.3 21.9 0.8
Texas 15.0 0.6 21.5 0.5
Utah 39.0 3.0 47.7 2.4
Vermont 34.5 6.6 51.1 4.5
Virgin Islands 15.7 4.9 5.4 1.9
Virginia 17.0 1.0 19.5 0.7
Washington 29.5 1.7 29.3 1.2
West Virginia 19.5 2.0 29.2 1.8
Wisconsin 34.1 1.8 39.0 1.2
Wyoming 29.9 5.5 33.9 4.5

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.

 

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