Table 3_1_5-1n

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 3_1_5.1
New end stage renal disease patients who initiated hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula, United States, 2008-2009
		2009		2008
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		14.3	0.1	13.6	0.1
Age	<65	14.0	0.2	13.3	0.2
	65–74	15.7	0.2	14.9	0.2
	75–84	14.5	0.3	14.1	0.2
	85 and over	11.3	0.4	10.2	0.4
Gender	Male	16.1	0.2	15.6	0.2
Gender	Female	12.0	0.2	11.2	0.2
Race	White	14.7	0.1	14.1	0.1
	Black	13.1	0.2	12.2	0.2
	AI/AN	15.8	1.1	16.1	1.1
	Asian	17.6	0.6	16.3	0.6
	NHOPI	14.1	1.1	14.2	1.2
	>1 race	16.5	1.9	15.0	1.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	11.6	0.3	11.3	0.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.8	0.1	14.0	0.1

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Fistula First Incident AVF Dataset, 2008-2009.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 3_1_5-1n: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_5-1n.html