Table 1.

Characteristics of patients at first ESRD onset (dialysis only), including characteristics that affect transplant eligibility.^*

Mean ± SD or %	Overall N=986,019	Non-Hispanic White N=555,819	Non-Hispanic Black N=283,164	Hispanic N=147,036
Factors affecting transplant eligibility
Age at dialysis initiation (yrs)	63 ± 15	67 ± 14	59 ± 15	59 ± 15
Age over 70 at dialysis initiation	38	47	26	27
Insurance*
None	7	4	11	12
Medicare	59	67	50	46
Medicaid	12	7	17	20
Other/private	21	20	21	21
Veterans Affairs	1	1	1	1
Tobacco use	6	7	7	3
Alcohol use	2	2	2	1.4
Drug use	1	0.8	3	1
BMI over 35 kg/m2	20	20	23	16
Malignancy	8	10	6	4
Additional factors affecting transplant eligibility
Median income ($) by zip code [IQR]	46438 [36969, 59713]	46869 [40733, 64628]	39886 [31576, 51840]	44342 [35117, 56272]
Region
West	18	17	8	43
Midwest	22	27	18	7
South	43	36	58	38
Northeast	18	20	15	12
Coronary artery disease	20	25	13	17
Heart failure	32	35	30	27
Stroke	9	10	10	7
Diabetes	59	56	59	72
Blood type**
O	49	45	50	59
A	33	40	25	29
B	14	11	20	10
AB	4	4	4	2

^*p<0.05 for differences across all race and ethnic groups.

^**Available only in N=167,459 of those included for analysis.