National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.30a

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Table 1.30a
Persons receiving a kidney transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure,^a United States, 1994-1996 and 2000
		2000		1994-1996
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		19.0	0.2	21.0	0.1
Age	0-19	67.0	1.4	68.6	0.8
	20-39	33.7	0.5	39.1	0.3
	40-59	19.3	0.3	21.4	0.2
	60-69	8.3	0.2	6.5	0.1
Gender	Male	20.6	0.3	23.5	0.2
Gender	Female	17.2	0.3	18.1	0.2
Race	White	25.0	0.3	27.1	0.2
	Black	10.0	0.2	12.0	0.2
	Native American	12.3	1.1	14.1	0.8
	Asian	20.1	0.9	22.2	0.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	14.9	0.4	18.0	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	19.7	0.2	21.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	27.5	0.3	28.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	9.9	0.2	11.9	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.

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