Table. Summary Statistics for Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease From 2001 to 2012.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston, Massachusetts | New York, New York | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Total | |
| Clinics, No. | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 |
| Patients, No. | 1439 | 2241 | 3763 | 7445 |
| Men | 868 (60.3) | 1260 (56.2) | 2155 (57.3) | 4283 (57.5) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 66.5 (14.7) | 60.5 (14.2) | 59.4 (14.4) | 61.1 (14.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 61 (4.2) | 420 (18.7) | 426 (11.3) | 907 (12.2) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 220 (16.0) | 1418 (63.3) | 2558 (68.0) | 4196 (56.4) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1083 (75.2) | 208 (9.28) | 717 (19.1) | 2108 (28.3) |
| Asian | 50 (3.5) | 84 (3.7) | 50 (1.3) | 184 (2.5) |
| Other | 15 (1.0) | 18 (0.8) | 38 (1.0) | 71 (1.0) |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Congestive heart failure | 369 (25.6) | 206 (9.2) | 364 (9.7) | 939 (12.6) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 90 (6.4) | 63 (2.8) | 134 (3.6) | 289 (3.9) |
| Diabetes | 448 (31.1) | 635 (28.3) | 627 (16.7) | 1710 (23.0) |
| Health outcomes | ||||
| Mortality, No. (%) | 700 (48.6) | 820 (36.6) | 1433 (38.1) | 2953 (39.7) |
| Total hospital admissions, No. | 8041 | 11 424 | 25 476 | 44 941 |
| Hospital admissions per patient, mean (SD) | 5.6 (6.8) | 5.1 (6.7) | 6.8 (8.2) | 6.0 (7.5) |
| Daily maximum temperature, mean (SD) [range], °Ca | 29.3 (5.7) [7.2-38.9] | 25.8 (4.7) [9.0-39.4] | 27.6 (4.8) [11.1-40.0] | 25.9 (5.6) [7.2-40.0] |
| Extreme heat events/y, mean (SD)a | 37.4 (23.1) | 14.2 (10.1) | 11.9 (6.5) | 21.2 (35.6) |
a
May through September.