06

Shared by: huanghengdong
Categories
Tags
-
Stats
views:
2
posted:
12/16/2011
language:
pages:
10
Document Sample
scope of work template
							Q Q u i ck l y t a ke m e u p
  i n t o t h e b r i g h t ch i l d
  of yo u r m i n d .
  E.E. CUMMINGS,

  The Enormous Room




                mSIX
PEDIATrIC ESrD
108     ž   2 0 0 1     A T L A S        O F     E S R D      I N     T H E      U N I T E D          S TAT E S




I
     ncident rates of ESRD in chil-                received a transplant. Some of these               are more likely to receive a cadaveric
     dren have risen two to three                  disparities may be partially explained             organ (fig 6.11). Pediatric patients
     percent over the past decade,                 by the availability of organs for renal            younger than five have a 93% sur-
and the odds of developing ESRD                    transplants, as demonstrated in                    vival rate after transplantation in
are as much as 2.2 times greater in                Chapter Seven (figs 7.1 and 7.3). Since            contrast to a 69% rate for children
some states than in others (fig 6.2).              ESRD incidence rates are two to three              of the same age on dialysis (fig 6.12).
                                                   times higher for black children than               Other pediatric age groups have
The primary causes of ESRD in pedi-                for whites, the organ donation rates               five-year survivals on dialysis of
atric patients are glomerulonephri-                from the general population would                  greater than 81% (fig 6.12).
tis and cystic/congenital/hereditary               need to be at a comparable rate for
diseases. Boys have a higher likeli-               there to be a similar proportion of                Hospitalizations for children are di-
hood of renal failure from these lat-              transplants. The ability to match an               rectly related to age (figs 6.15–17) and
ter causes than do girls (fig 6.4).                organ immunologically may also be                  are dominated by infectious compli-
                                                   different in black children compared               cations. Although the number of
The modalities for treatment of pe-                to whites.                                         prevalent deaths is low, female chil-
diatric ESRD vary with patient age                                                                    dren are generally at a greater risk
and particularly with race (figs 6.9– Most young patients with a first                                than males regardless of modality
10). White pediatric patients are more renal transplant receive that trans-                           (figs 6.18–20). The reasons for these
likely to receive a renal transplant plant from a living donor, a pattern                             differences have not been explored,
than patients in other racial groups, opposite to that in the adult                                   but may be related to a higher degree
and non-whites are twice as likely to population. Children with                                       of anemia in girls than in boys. At
be on hemodialysis as whites. After a repeat renal trans-                                             initiation of dialysis children have
                                                                       1999      t
two years on ESRD treatment black plant, in con-                  1997-revAlen6                       lower hematocrits than adults (fig
children have an almost equal chance trast,                           P 1,21                          2.39), with female children having the
                                                               ent
of being treated with either dialysis                      ncid 29
                                                          I 5               2,58
                                                                                 1
                                                                                                      lowest levels. These findings are
                                               -1996lent                        12
or transplant whereas more                 1994 evA 2          423          4,8
                                                                                 7
                                                                                                      present even though children are the
than 60% of white                          t  Pr 1,26             0         8,74                      most likely to receive EPO before
                                      iden             68      84
children                           Inc 502         2,4            6                                   ESRD, as documented on the Medical
                         3                              3    1,61
have            199 1-199evAlent        45 2       4,45
                                                        1
                                                                             21.0                     Evidence form 2728 (fig 2.25). These
                  Pr 1,165                                  8,22                           42.4
               nt                              785                            9.1                     associations suggest that girls may be
           cide 3
         In 49       2,25
                          8
                                                  4                                        81.1       iron deficient to a greater degree than
     nts                 08                  1,64                             7.0             .1
 Cou          380    3,7                                      21.3            4.2         144         boys or adults. Also, the prolonged
 0- 4                        7, 104                           42.0
                                                                            1
                686                             8.4                         26.5                      and more severe anemia may predis-
 5- 9               3          tio n                          76.9                                    pose these children to a greater risk
   0-1
       4      1,42 opulA .6                     7.7              .2
 1                  np        19
                                              13.4           144        Table 6.1                     of myocardial hypertrophy and sub-
 1 5-1
       9      illio3
             m .              4  0.1                            Incident & prevalent counts & rates
         per     8                            28.4                                                    sequent fibrosis, which could place
 RAte
      s
                 6.8          66.8                   For patients younger than ten there was little   them at risk for arrhythmic disorders.
                                  .7
 0- 4
                12 .5        133             variation in incident and prevalent rates per million    Further investigations are needed to
 5- 9           26.3
                                     population through the 1990s. For older pediatric patients, in
                                                                                                      more completely understand the
       4                    contrast, prevalent rates have risen, possibly a reflection of improved
 1 0-1                                                                                                pathobiology of these patients.
     19                survival after transplantation (see Chapter Seven).
 15-
                                                                                        C H A P T E R             6 ž P E D I A T R I C              E S R D        ž 1 0 9




                                                                            15-19

                               30


                               25
 RAte per million populAtion




                                                                                                     0-4
                               20
                                                          10-14

                               15                                                                         1999
                                                                                                 1998
                                                                          5-9           1997           Figure 6.1
                                                                                1996         Incident rates, by age
                               10                                       1995        per million population, adjusted
                                                               1994        for gender & race
                                                       1993
                                                1992             Incident rates of ESRD for pediatric patients aged
                                        199 1            0–4 increased slightly from 1990 to 1999, as did the rates
                               5 1990           for children aged 10–14.




                                                                                                                                           Figure 6.2
                                                                                                                                        Incident rates, ages 0–19
                                                                                                                                      per million population, 1995–1999
                                                                                                                                    combined, adjusted for age, gender, &
                                                                                                                                    race, by state
                                                                                                                                     The mean incident rate varies by 118%
                                                                                                                                      between the lowest and highest
                                                                                                                 15.7+ (20.3)
                                                                                                                 14.3 to <15.7         quintiles.
                                                                                                                 13.2 to <14.3
                                                                                                                 11.6 to <13.2
                                                                                                                 below 11.6 (9.3)



            Included in tHis cHApter ¨ A graph of incident rates, and graphs of patient distribution by modality, primary diagnosis, gender, race, and
age ¨ Graphs showing treatment modality two years following the onset of ESRD ¨ A graph of the number of first and repeat transplants, and Kaplan-Meier survival
curves ¨ Graphs of hospital admissions for infection, by modality, age, and gender ¨ Graphs of causes of death by gender and race
110        ž    2 0 0 1        A T L A S                                   O F       E S R D      I N        T H E    U N I T E D            S TAT E S


Figure 6.3
Incident rates, by race, age, &
gender
1997–1999 combined, unadjusted
                                                                          Ages 0-4                      Ages 5-9                    Ages 10-14                     Ages 15-19
Black pediatric patients across                                      70
all age groups have higher inci-                                                 Male
dent rates of end-stage renal                                        60
                                                                                 Female
disease compared to patients in


                                      Rate per million population
other racial groups, with the
                                                                     50
highest incident rates among
pediatric patients occurring in
blacks aged 15–19.                                                   40

                                                                     30

                                                                     20

                                                                     10

                                                                      0
                                                                          White Black     N Am Asian    White Black    N Am Asian    White Black    N Am Asian     White Black   N Am Asian




Figure 6.4
Number of patients within
primary diagnosis group, by
gender: dialysis
incident patients aged 0–19,                                        900
1995–1999 combined                                                               Male
                                                                    800          Female
Glomerulonephritis and cystic/
hereditary/congenital diseases                                      700
are the most frequent primary
diagnoses in the pediatric ESRD                                     600
                                      Number of patients




population, with both occur-
ring more in boys than girls.                                       500

                                                                    400

                                                                    300

                                                                    200

                                                                    100

                                                                      0
                                                                              Diabetes       Glomerulo-       Secondary GN/   Interstitial     Hypertension Cystic/hereditary/   Neoplasm/
                                                                                            nephritis (GN)       vasculitis    nephritis                       congenital         cancer




Figure 6.5
Number of patients within
primary diagnosis group, by
gender: transplant
incident patients aged 0–19,                                        320
1995–1999 combined                                                               Male
                                                                    280          Female
In the pediatric patients who re-
ceive a transplant as their initial
modality, cystic/hereditary/                                        240
                                      Number of patients




congenital diseases are the pri-
mary cause of ESRD, and occur                                       200
in more than twice as many
boys as girls.                                                      160

                                                                    120

                                                                     80

                                                                     40

                                                                      0
                                                                             Diabetes        Glomerulo-       Secondary GN/   Interstitial     Hypertension Cystic/hereditary/   Neoplasm/
                                                                                            nephritis (GN)       vasculitis    nephritis                       congenital         cancer
                                                                                                                             C H A P T E R 6 ž P E D I A T R I C                        E S R D           ž 1 1 1


                                                                                                                                                                                   Figure 6.6
                                                                                                                                                                                   Distribution of primary
                                                                                                                                                                                   diagnosis within racial group:
                                                                                                                                                                                   dialysis
                                           60                                                                                                                                      incident patients aged 0–19,
                                                           Diabetes                                           Hypertension                                                         1995–1999 combined
                                                           Glomerulonephritis                                 Cystic/hereditary/congenital
                                           50                                                                                                                                      Glomerulonephritis is the most
      Percent of patients with diagnosis




                                                           Secondary GN/vasculitis                            Neoplasms/cancer
                                                                                                                                                                                   frequent primary diagnosis in
                                                           Interstitial nephritis/pyelonephritis                                                                                   black, Native American, and
                                           40                                                                                                                                      Asian pediatric patients. Cystic/
                                                                                                                                                                                   hereditary/congenital diseases
                                                                                                                                                                                   occur most often in young
                                           30                                                                                                                                      white and Native American
                                                                                                                                                                                   patients, while Asian children
                                                                                                                                                                                   are almost twice as likely than
                                           20                                                                                                                                      children of other races to have
                                                                                                                                                                                   a primary diagnosis of second-
                                                                                                                                                                                   ary glomerulonephritis/vasculi-
                                           10                                                                                                                                      tis.


                                            0
                                                               White                               Black                     Native American                    Asian




                                                                                                                                                                                   Figure 6.7
                                                                                                                                                                                   Distribution of primary
                                                                                                                                                                                   diagnosis within racial group:
                                                                                                                                                                                   transplant
                                                           Diabetes                                          Hypertension                                                          incident patients aged 0–19,
                                           80                                                                                                                                      1995–1999 combined
                                                           Glomerulonephritis                                Cystic/hereditary/congenital
                                                           Secondary GN/vasculitis                           Neoplasms/tumors                                                      Cystic/hereditary/congenital
                                           70                                                                                                                                      disease is by far the most fre-
                                                           Interstitial nephritis/pyelonephritis
Percent of patients with diagnosis




                                                                                                                                                                                   quent diagnosis among pedi-
                                           60                                                                                                                                      atric patients who receive a
                                                                                                                                                                                   transplant at the beginning of
                                           50                                                                                                                                      ESRD. No Native American or
                                                                                                                                                                                   Asian patients with diabetes,
                                           40                                                                                                                                      secondary glomerulonephritis/
                                                                                                                                                                                   vasculitis, interstitial nephritis/
                                                                                                                                                                                   pyelonephritis, or neoplasms/
                                           30
                                                                                                                                                                                   tumors were reported.
                                           20

                                           10

                                            0
                                                               White                               Black                     Native American                    Asian


                                                                                                                                                                                   Figure 6.8
                                                                                                                                                                                   Gender distribution within
                                                                                                                                                                                   primary diagnosis group
                                                                                                                                                                                   incident patients aged 0–19,
                                                                                                                                                                                   1995–1999 combined
                                                Dialysis                                                              Transplant                                                   Diabetes, glomerulonephritis,
                                           80
                                                                                                                                                                                   secondary glomerulonephritis,
                                                       Male                                                                                                                        interstitial nephritis/pyelone-
                                           70          Female                                                                                                                      phritis, hypertension, cystic/he-
  Percent of patients with diagnosis




                                                                                                                                                                                   reditary/congenital diseases,
                                           60                                                                                                                                      and neoplasms/tumors are
                                                                                                                                                                                   abbreviated along the axis.
                                           50                                                                                                                                      Distribution within primary
                                                                                                                                                                                   diagnosis categories differs
                                           40                                                                                                                                      greatly between the modalities.
                                                                                                                                                                                   Girls account for 61% of diabetic
                                           30                                                                                                                                      children on dialysis, and 68% of
                                                                                                                                                                                   those with secondary glomeru-
                                           20                                                                                                                                      lonephritis. Among transplant
                                                                                                                                                                                   patients, however, boys account
                                                                                                                                                                                   for 75% of diabetics, and the
                                           10
                                                                                                                                                                                   population with secondary
                                                                                                                                                                                   glomerulonephritis is split
                                            0                                                                                                                                      evenly between the genders.
                                                  DM          GN       SGN      Inst.    HTN         Cyst.   Neopl.     DM         GN       SGN   Inst.   HTN     Cyst.   Neopl.
1 1 2     ž    2 0 01          A T LA S                                O F      E S R D         I N       T H E         U N I T E D          S TAT E S


Figure 6.9
Treatment modality two years
following ESRD onset, within
age group
incident patients aged 0–19,                                    100
1995–1997 combined                                                             Hemodialysis
                                                                 90
At two years following the on-                                                 Peritoneal dialysis
set of ESRD, transplant is by far                                80            Transplant
the most frequent modality                                                     Death
                                                                 70
                                          Percent of patients
among all pediatric age groups.
Among patients aged 5–9, 72%                                     60
have received a transplant; that
number is 47%, however,                                          50
among patients aged 15–19,
                                                                 40
and 36% of patients in this age
group are on hemodialysis two                                    30
years after beginning ESRD.
                                                                 20

                                                                 10

                                                                  0
                                                                                    0-4                              5-9                            10-14                      15-19




Figure 6.10
Treatment modality two years
following ESRD onset, within
race group
incident patients aged 0–19,                                    100
1995–1997 combined                                                             Hemodialysis
                                                                 90
White children are most likely                                                 Peritoneal dialysis
to have received a transplant by                                 80            Transplant
the end of their second year of                                                Death
                                                                 70
                                          Percent of patients




ESRD, followed by Native
Americans. The percentage of                                     60
black and Asian children with a
transplant at two years is only                                  50
slightly higher than that of their
                                                                 40
peers on hemodialysis.
                                                                 30

                                                                 20

                                                                 10

                                                                  0
                                                                                  White                             Black                     Native American                  Asian




Figure 6.11
Total first & repeat transplants,
by donor source
incident patients aged 0–19                                           First transplants                                                  Repeat transplants
                                                                500                                                                150
Includes patients not eligible
for Medicare enrollment. The                                    450                                  Living (365, 22.7%)
number of transplants in 1994,                                                                                                     125
and the percent change be-                                      400
tween 1994 and 1999, are indi-
                                     Number of transplants




                                                                350
cated next to the lines.                                                                        Cadaver (380, -5.5%)               100
First transplantation rates                                     300                                                                                                   Cadaver (109, -24.8%)
among pediatric patients have                                   250                                                                 75
been relatively steady for trans-
plants from living donors, while                                200
the rate of cadaveric transplants                                                                                                   50
declined from 1994 to 1998.                                     150
Both rates increased in 1999.                                                                                                                                               Living (28, -3.6%)
                                                                100
The number of living unrelated                                                                                                      25
transplants in pediatric patients                                50
is extremely small, and reduced
organ availability limits the                                     0
number of repeat transplants in                                        1994       1995     1996         1997     1998       1999          1994      1995      1996   1997       1998      1999
these patients.
                                                                                            C H A P T E R 6 ž P E D I A T R I C    E S R D ž             1 1 3


                                                                                                                              Figure 6.12
                                                                                                                              Kaplan-Meier five-year patient
                                                                                                                              survival, by age
                                  Dialysis                                         First transplant                           incident dialysis & transplant
                            100                                                                                               patients, 1993–1994 combined
                                                                                                                              By five years after the start of
                                                                                                                              ESRD, 69% of children whose
                                                                                                                              ESRD began between birth and
                             90                                                                                               age 4 are still alive on dialysis,
                                                                                                                              compared to 82% of children in
        Percent surviving




                                                                                                                              other age groups. For patients
                                                                                                                              who receive their first trans-
                             80                                                                                               plant, survival is best for those
                                                                                                                              aged 10–14 years and lowest
                                                                                                                              for those aged 0–4 years. All age
                                                                                                                              groups, however, have over 93%
                                             Ages 0-4
                             70                                                                                               survival at five years.
                                             Ages 5-9
                                             Ages 10-14
                                             Ages 15-19

                             60
                                      0        12         24   36   48     60          0         12    24   36   48    60
                                                                          Months of survival



                                                                                                                              Figure 6.13
                                                                                                                              Kaplan-Meier five-year patient
                                                                                                                              survival after first transplanta-
                                  White                                             Black                                     tion, by race & gender:
                            100                                                                                               cadaveric transplants
                                                                                                                              1993–1994 combined
                                                                                                                              Because of the small number of
                             90              Ages 0-4
                                                                                                                              patients, data are not shown for
                                             Ages 5-9
                                                                                                                              Native American or Asian
                                             Ages 10-14                                                                       patients.
  Percent surviving




                                             Ages 15-19
                             80                                                                                               The lowest five-year survival
                                                                                                                              probabilities for cadaveric
                                   Male                                            Female                                     transplants occur in black and
                            100
                                                                                                                              male patients aged 0–4. Overall,
                                                                                                                              children aged 10–14 have the
                                                                                                                              highest probabilities of survival
                             90                                                                                               across racial and gender
                                                                                                                              groups.


                             80
                                      0        12         24   36   48     60          0          12   24   36   48    60

                                                                         Months of survival



                                                                                                                              Figure 6.14
                                                                                                                              Kaplan-Meier five-year patient
                                                                                                                              survival after first transplanta-
                                  White                                            Black                                      tion, by race & gender: living
                            100                                                                                               donor transplants
                                                                                                                              1993–1994 combined
                                                                                                                              Because of the small number of
                             90              Ages 0-4
                                                                                                                              patients, data are not shown for
                                             Ages 5-9
                                                                                                                              Native American or Asian
                                             Ages 10-14                                                                       patients.
Percent surviving




                                             Ages 15-19
                             80                                                                                               Survival probabilities for pedi-
                                                                                                                              atric patients receiving trans-
                                  Male                                             Female                                     plants from living donors are
                            100
                                                                                                                              similar across age groups for
                                                                                                                              whites and for males.

                             90



                             80
                                      0        12         24   36   48     60          0         12    24   36   48    60
                                                                          Months of survival
1 1 4 ž 2 0 0 1 A T L A S O F E S R D I N T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S


Figure 6.15
Admissions for infection
(overall), by age, gender, &
time on ESRD: hemodialysis
incident & prevalent                                                             140 Age                                      Gender
hemodialysis patients,1997–                                                                              < 1 year




                                     Admissions per 100 patient years at risk
1999 combined                                                                    120                     1 to < 2 years
The rates of admissions for in-                                                                          2 to <5 years
fection vary little between the                                                  100                     5+ years
genders. Among age groups,
however, rates are highest for
                                                                                  80
children younger than ten years
of age who have had ESRD for
less than one year, and for chil-                                                 60
dren aged 5–9 who have had
ESRD less than five years.                                                        40

                                                                                  20

                                                                                   0
                                                                                           0-4   5-9   10-14          15-19            Male   Female




Figure 6.16
Admissions for infection
(overall), by age, gender, &
time on ESRD: peritoneal
dialysis                                                                         140 Age                                      Gender
incident & prevalent peritoneal                                                                           < 1 year
                                      Admissions per 100 patient years at risk




dialysis patients, 1997–1999                                                     120                      1 to < 2 years
combined                                                                                                  2 to <5 years
In all age and gender groups                                                     100                      5+ years
except ages 5–9, pediatric
patients on peritoneal dialysis
                                                                                  80
have higher rates of admission
for infection than their counter-
parts on hemodialysis. Rates are                                                  60
highest for the youngest
patients (ages 0–4), and for chil-                                                40
dren aged 5–9 who have had
ESRD for more than five years.
Females have slightly higher                                                      20
admission rates than males, and
these rates increase with longer                                                   0
patient vintages.                                                                          0-4   5-9   10-14          15-19            Male   Female




Figure 6.17
Admissions for infection
(overall), by age, gender, &
time on ESRD: transplant
incident & prevalent transplant                                                   80 Age                                      Gender
patients, 1997–1999 combined
                                     Admissions per 100 patient years at risk




                                                                                  70
Transplant-related admissions                                                                             < 1 year
for infection in pediatric
                                                                                  60                      1 to < 2 years
patients are the lowest within
                                                                                                          2 to <5 years
all modalities, at about half of
those of the other dialytic thera-                                                50                      5+ years
pies. Age is a significant factor,
with transplant patients                                                          40
younger than ten having higher
infectious hospitalization rates                                                  30
than their older counterparts.
                                                                                  20

                                                                                  10

                                                                                   0
                                                                                           0-4   5-9   10-14          15-19            Male   Female
                                                                                                             C H A P T E R     6 ž P E D I A T R I C     E S R D          ž 1 1 5


                                                                                                                                                    Figure 6.18
                                                                                                                                                    Causes of death, by gender:
                                                                                                                                                    hemodialysis
                                                                                                                                                    prevalent patients aged 0–19,
                                         14                                                                                                         1997–1999 combined
                                                     Male                                                                                           The “other known” category ac-
Deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk




                                         12          Female                                                                                         counts for the highest number
                                                                                                                                                    of deaths in pediatric patients
                                         10                                                                                                         on hemodialysis. Death rates
                                                                                                                                                    are higher for females than for
                                                                                                                                                    males in this category, “cardiac
                                          8                                                                                                         other,” and infectious death.

                                          6

                                          4

                                          2

                                          0
                                              Cardiac arrest   Cardiac other   Cerebrovascular   Infection     Malignancy   Other known   Unknown
                                                                                   disease




                                                                                                                                                    Figure 6.19
                                                                                                                                                    Causes of death, by gender:
                                                                                                                                                    peritoneal dialysis
                                                                                                                                                    prevalent patients aged 0–19,
                                         20                                                                                                         1997–1999 combined
                                                                     Male
                                                                     Female                                                                         Female patients on peritoneal
Deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk




                                                                                                                                                    dialysis have a more than four-
                                         16                                                                                                         fold difference in rates of death
                                                                                                                                                    due to cardiac arrest compared
                                                                                                                                                    to their male counterparts.They
                                         12                                                                                                         also have higher rates of death
                                                                                                                                                    due to infection and to other
                                                                                                                                                    cardiac and other known
                                                                                                                                                    causes.
                                          8



                                          4



                                          0
                                              Cardiac arrest   Cardiac other   Cerebrovascular   Infection     Malignancy   Other known   Unknown
                                                                                   disease




                                                                                                                                                    Figure 6.20
                                                                                                                                                    Causes of death, by gender:
                                                                                                                                                    transplant
                                                                                                                                                    prevalent patients aged 0–19,
                                          4                                                                                                         1997–1999 combined
                                                     Male                                                                                           While mortality rates for pedi-
                                                     Female                                                                                         atric patients with transplants
Deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk




                                                                                                                                                    are low, girls again have higher
                                          3                                                                                                         rates than boys in many catego-
                                                                                                                                                    ries. Males do have higher rates
                                                                                                                                                    of mortality due to infection
                                                                                                                                                    and other known causes.
                                          2
                                                                                                                                                    Transplant centers frequently
                                                                                                                                                    do not receive notification
                                                                                                                                                    about the deaths of patients
                                                                                                                                                    who are followed by the pri-
                                          1                                                                                                         mary care doctors. Because
                                                                                                                                                    graft survival is longest in pedi-
                                                                                                                                                    atric patients, causes of death
                                                                                                                                                    for these patients are frequently
                                          0                                                                                                         unreported.
                                              Cardiac arrest   Cardiac other   Cerebrovascular   Infection     Malignancy   Other known   Unknown
                                                                                   disease
116       ž     2 0 01          A T L A S                                          O F     E S R D       I N        T H E     U N I T E D          S TAT E S


Figure 6.21
Causes of death, by race:
hemodialysis
prevalent patients aged 0–19,
1997–1999 combined                                                            15
                                                                                         White
Because of the small number of                                                           Black




                                     Deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk
patients, data are not shown for
Native American or Asian                                                      12
patients.
The rate of mortality due to car-
diac arrest is almost three times                                              9
higher among black pediatric
patients on hemodialysis than
in their white counterparts.                                                   6
White patients, however, have
slightly higher rates of death
due to infection and to other                                                  3
cardiac and other known
causes.

                                                                               0
                                                                                   Cardiac arrest   Cardiac other    Cerebrovascular   Infection     Malignancy   Other known   Unknown
                                                                                                                         disease




Figure 6.22
Causes of death, by race:
peritoneal dialysis
prevalent patients aged 0–19,
1997–1999 combined                                                            15
                                                                                         White
Because of the small number of                                                           Black
                                     Deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk




patients, data are not shown for
Native American or Asian                                                      12
patients.
In contrast to rates in the hemo-
dialysis population, rates of                                                  9
mortality due to cardiac arrest
show little difference between
the races for pediatric patients                                               6
on peritoneal dialysis. Mortality
due to infection or to other
known causes is more frequent                                                  3
among black patients, while
deaths related to cerebrovascu-
lar disease or to other cardiac
events occur more often in                                                     0
white patients.                                                                    Cardiac arrest   Cardiac other    Cerebrovascular   Infection     Malignancy   Other known   Unknown
                                                                                                                         disease




Figure 6.23
Causes of death, by race:
transplant
prevalent patients aged 0–19,
1997–1999 combined                                                            4
                                                                                         White
Because of the small number of                                                           Black
                                     Deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk




patients, data are not shown for
Native American or Asian
                                                                              3
patients.
Black patients have higher mor-
tality rates on transplant for all
causes of death except “other                                                 2
known;” in several categories
(cardiac other, cerebrovascular
disease, and infection) rates for
blacks are more than twice as
                                                                              1
high as those for whites.



                                                                              0
                                                                                   Cardiac arrest   Cardiac other    Cerebrovascular   Infection     Malignancy   Other known   Unknown
                                                                                                                         disease

						
Related docs
Other docs by huanghengdong
ME6105_Homework_4
Views: 0  |  Downloads: 0
15-11-0500-00-004e-tg4e-minutes-sfo-july-2011
Views: 156  |  Downloads: 0
SandlerPresentation
Views: 0  |  Downloads: 0
Power Point Slides 1
Views: 185  |  Downloads: 0
PROF_P_Counselor
Views: 1  |  Downloads: 0
PCSEGeorgetownSchedule
Views: 1  |  Downloads: 0