Table 19. Annual percent change in Medicare ESRD program enrollment, by age, sex, and race: 1974-81.

	Annual percent change
Age, sex, and race	1974-75	1975-76	1976-77	1977-78	1978-79	1979-80	1980-81
Total	41.8	27.6	20.2	24.0	17.9	13.8	10.8
Age
0-14 years	49.3	15.2	10.7	−.2	50.9	14.9	17.3
15-24 years	43.5	23.1	14.0	18.3	22.8	13.9	7.1
25-34 years	51.5	26.0	23.9	20.8	23.9	16.9	15.5
35-44 years	44.7	28.2	19.4	25.1	21.5	13.7	11.7
45-54 years	46.9	25.3	18.5	21.0	14.6	13.0	10.1
55-64 years	54.9	33.8	25.1	23.8	18.0	15.4	13.1
65 years and over	25.2	27.1	18.4	29.6	13.4	11.4	7.2
Sex
Male	38.9	26.4	19.7	24.9	17.6	13.6	10.6
Female	45.6	29.2	20.7	22.9	18.2	13.9	11.1
Race
White	39.8	26.1	19.0	22.1	17.1	12.1	9.6
Black	44.4	33.7	23.7	27.5	18.8	16.8	12.6
All other	51.0	28.6	18.8	32.8	21.7	19.8	14.0
Unknown	74.9	16.0	23.0	34.8	27.1	21.5	18.5