Dialysis for end stage renal disease financed through the Brazilian National Health System, 2000 to 2012

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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 280,667 patients with chronic end-stage renal disease receiving publically-financed dialysis covering a period of at least 3 consecutive months

Characteristic	Total		Males		Females
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Geographic region*
North	11874	4.2	6791	4.2	5079	4.2
Northeast	59688	21.3	34867	21.7	24799	20.7
Southeast	144242	51.4	82057	51.1	62134	51.8
South	46322	16.5	26145	16.3	20161	16.8
Center-west	18538	6.6	10709	6.7	7822	6.5
Total	280664	100	160569	100	119995	100
Age (years)*
0 - 19	9607	3.4	5176	3.2	4430	3.7
20 - 44	74163	26.5	39975	24.9	34188	28.5
45 - 64	121584	43.4	71487	44.6	50097	41.8
65 - 74	48175	17.2	27910	17.4	20265	16.9
75 e +	26811	9.6	15902	9.9	10909	9.1
Total	280340	100.0	160450	100	119889	100
Race/skin color**
White	46014	45.2	27026	45.8	18988	44.3
Black	9897	9.7	5556	9.4	4341	10.1
Brown	31386	30.8	18100	30.7	13286	31.0
Yellow (Asian)	835	0.8	493	0.8	342	0.8
Native Brazilian	199	0.2	110	0.2	89	0.2
Lacking information	13484	13.2	7669	13.0	5815	13.6
Total	101815	100	58954	100	42861	100
Underlying disease*
Undetermined	118349	42.3	68014	42.5	50335	42.1
Diabetes	33692	12.0	18466	11.5	15226	12.7
Hypertension	57166	20.4	33440	20.9	23726	19.8
Glomerulonephritis	21459	7.7	12172	7.6	9287	7.8
Chronic interstitial nephritis	7308	2.6	4321	2.7	2987	2.5
Other	41747	14.9	23671	14.8	18076	15.1
Total	279721	100	160084	100	119637	100
Therapeutic modality*
Hemodialysis	250183	90.1	144992	91.2	105095	88.5
Peritoneal dialysis	27648	9.9	13960	8.8	13681	11.5
Total	277831	100	158952	100	118776	100

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