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Table 1 Selected patient demographic data, at first HD treatment, between January 1 1998 and December 31, 2006

From: Effect of electronic patient record use on mortality in End Stage Renal Disease, a model chronic disease: retrospective analysis of 9 years of prospectively collected data

 

All Units

USRDS*

Number of patients

1790

709,259

Mean age at start of first HD treatment during the study period (years)

59.2

57.1

Gender (male:female) (%)

52.9:47.1

54.7:45.3

Race (White: Black: Other/Unknown) (%)

42.4:36.4:21.2

63.3:28.5:8.2

Hispanic (%)

17.4

12.5

  1. *USRDS data are prevalence of all ESRD patients for the years 1998–2005 combined.