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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 3_1_6.1
Adult hemodialysis patients who received an arteriovenous fistula as primary mode of vascular access, United States, 2002 and 2006
Population group 2006 2002
Number Percent SEa Number Percent SEa
Total 8,684 45 0.5 8,398 33 0.5
Age 18–44 1,250 53 1.4 1,333 42 1.4
45–64 3,468 46 0.8 3,274 35 0.8
65 and over 3,965 42 0.8 3,791 27 0.7
Gender Male 4,883 53 0.7 4,558 42 0.7
Female 3,801 35 0.8 3,840 22 0.7
Race White only 4,932 48 0.7 4,578 35 0.7
Black only 3,158 40 0.9 3,031 29 0.8
Asian only 312 56 2.8 214 34 3.2
AI/AN only 149 58 4.0 160 40 3.9
Multiple races DNA DNA DNA 242 37 3.1
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 7,420 44 0.6 7,167 32 0.6
Non-Hispanic, White 3,827 46 0.8 3,660 34 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 3,042 40 0.9 2,961 29 0.8
Hispanic, all races 1,253 52 1.4 1,136 38 1.4

a Standard error was calculated based on sample size, assuming random sample design.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian/Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, End-Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project.

 

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