Figure 3.
Incidence counts by eGFR in 1996, 2005, and 2010 by age at time of ESRD. The eGFR groupings are the same as those in Figures 1 and 2, and by age groupings are 0–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65–74, and >75 years. Most of the incident count growth occurred in the 1996–2005 interval, with a much smaller growth in 2005–2010. The largest relative growth occurred in patients >75 years of age, with an 80% increase in new treatment counts between 1996 and 2005. Most of the growth in incident counts is accounted for by the early-start (dialysis initiation at eGFR >10 ml/min per 1.73 m2) subgroups. Even after adjustment for population increase, which explains part of the incident count growth, the new starts among patients >75 years increased by 52% between 1996 and 2005.