Table 1.29a Persons receiving a kidney transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure, United States, 1993-1995 and 1999 |
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1999 |
1993-1995 |
Population group |
Percenta |
Standard error |
Percenta |
Standard error |
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|
|
|
|
Total |
|
19.2 |
0.2 |
21.9 |
0.1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Age |
0-17 |
72.9 |
0.2 |
72.6 |
0.9 |
18-44 |
32.4 |
0.4 |
38.3 |
0.3 |
45-64 |
15.4 |
0.2 |
16.6 |
0.2 |
65-69 |
6.0 |
0.3 |
4.1 |
0.1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Gender |
Male |
20.9 |
0.3 |
24.6 |
0.2 |
Female |
17.2 |
0.3 |
18.7 |
0.2 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Race |
White |
25.7 |
0.3 |
28.4 |
0.2 |
Black |
9.6 |
0.2 |
11.8 |
0.2 |
Native American |
10.7 |
1.0 |
15.1 |
0.8 |
Asian |
19.4 |
0.9 |
22.7 |
0.7 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Race/Ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
15.0 |
0.4 |
20.6 |
0.4 |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
19.9 |
0.2 |
22.0 |
0.1 |
Non-Hisapanic, White |
28.2 |
0.3 |
29.7 |
0.2 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
9.5 |
0.2 |
11.8 |
0.2 |
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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. Follow-up is 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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