Table 20. Medicare ESRD program enrollment rates per million population, by age, sex, and race: 1974-81 ¹.

Age, sex, and race	Year								Percent change
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1974-81	Yearly average
	Enrollment per million
Total	76	106	135	160	197	231	260	286	276	20.8
Age
0-14 years	4	6	7	8	8	12	14	16	300	21.9
15-24 years	27	39	47	52	62	76	86	93	244	19.3
25-34 years	60	87	106	127	149	179	203	226	277	20.9
35-44 years	95	137	174	203	246	290	322	352	271	20.6
45-54 years	129	190	239	286	350	405	462	512	249	21.8
55-64 years	145	222	293	360	440	513	585	655	352	24.0
65 years and over	223	272	338	392	497	552	603	635	185	16.1
Sex
Male	88	121	152	180	224	261	294	322	266	20.4
Female	64	92	118	141	173	202	228	251	292	21.6
Race
White	65	91	114	134	163	190	212	231	255	19.8
Black	151	215	284	345	436	512	591	658	336	23.4
All other	123	172	208	235	298	348	399	437	255	19.8

¹Enrollment was measured as of July 1 each year.