USRDS 1998 II , ,515 74,116 51,762 Period Prev. Point Prev. Incidence Deaths LFU** Counts (1000s) Year *Preliminary **Lost-to-Followup Reported ESRD Period and Point Prevalence, Incidence, Death, and Lost-to-Followup Counts, ,348 *

USRDS 1998 II - 2 *Preliminary Reported ESRD Point Prevalence Counts by Data Source and Medicare Eligibility, Patients (1000s) Medicare Functioning Kidney Graft Medicare Dialysis USRDS Database HCFA Facility Survey Year 215, , ,443 78,810 Medicare and Non-Medicare Dialysis *

USRDS 1998 II - 3 ESRD Prevalence Rates by Year, Year Fitted Curve Actual Rates 95 % High Range 95% Low Range Rate/Million Pop./Year *Preliminary * 1996 estimate is inflated by 1% and is denoted by “O”

USRDS 1998 II - 4 ESRD Incidence Rates by Year, Year Fitted Curve Actual Rates 95 % High Range 95% Low Range Rate/Million Pop./Year 1996 estimate is inflated by 5% and is denoted by “O” *Preliminary *

USRDS 1998 II - 5 Increases in Incident Dialysis Patient Counts According to Two Sources, % Increase / Year Year increase (Medicare only prior to 1994) *1996 data preliminary *

USRDS 1998 II - 6 ESRD Incidence Rates* by Age, Age 0-19 Age Age Age 75+ Age Rate/Million Pop./Year * Adjusted for sex and race ** Preliminary ** Year

USRDS 1998 II - 7 Mean Age at Incidence for All ESRD Patients by Race, Mean Age (years) Year of Incidence Total Asian Black White Native Am * Preliminary *

USRDS 1998 II - 8 ESRD Incidence Rates* and Annualized Change by Race, Rate per Million Pop/Year ( )Change/Year (%) ( vs ) *Adjusted for age and sex

USRDS 1998 II - 9 Rate/Million Pop./Year Treated Medicare ESRD Incidence Rates* by Primary Diagnosis, Primary Disease Causing ESRD Overall Rate=263 *Adjusted for age, sex, and race

USRDS 1998 II - 10 Annualized Change in Medicare ESRD Incidence Rates by Primary Diagnosis, * Primary Disease Causing ESRD Change/Year (%) *Annualized vs % Overall Change Missing