Table KI 8. Demographic characteristics of adult kidney transplant recipients, 2016.
Adult kidney transplant recipients, including retransplants.
| Characteristic | Deceased | Living | All | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–34 years | 1721 | 12.5% | 948 | 17.6% | 2669 | 14.0% |
| 35–49 years | 3842 | 27.9% | 1542 | 28.7% | 5384 | 28.1% |
| 50–64 years | 5552 | 40.4% | 2013 | 37.4% | 7565 | 39.5% |
| ≥65 years | 2633 | 19.2% | 877 | 16.3% | 3510 | 18.4% |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 5546 | 40.3% | 2012 | 37.4% | 7558 | 39.5% |
| Male | 8202 | 59.7% | 3368 | 62.6% | 11,570 | 60.5% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 5406 | 39.3% | 3505 | 65.1% | 8911 | 46.6% |
| Black | 4576 | 33.3% | 660 | 12.3% | 5236 | 27.4% |
| Hispanic | 2561 | 18.6% | 858 | 15.9% | 3419 | 17.9% |
| Asian | 985 | 7.2% | 297 | 5.5% | 1282 | 6.7% |
| Other/unknown | 220 | 1.6% | 60 | 1.1% | 280 | 1.5% |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Private | 3005 | 21.9% | 2989 | 55.6% | 5994 | 31.3% |
| Medicare | 9452 | 68.8% | 2032 | 37.8% | 11,484 | 60.0% |
| Medicaid | 897 | 6.5% | 223 | 4.1% | 1120 | 5.9% |
| Other government | 243 | 1.8% | 72 | 1.3% | 315 | 1.6% |
| Unknown | 151 | 1.1% | 64 | 1.2% | 215 | 1.1% |
| All recipients | 13,748 | 100.0% | 5380 | 100.0% | 19,128 | 100.0% |