Highlights
- 1,161 children began end-stage renal disease (ESRD) care in 2012
- 7,522 children were being treated for ESRD on December 31, 2012
- The most common initial ESRD treatment modality among children is hemodialysis (45 percent). However, 73 percent of the prevalent
- pediatric population had a functioning kidney transplant as of the end of 2012
- 43.6 percent of children are transplanted within the first year of ESRD care
- All-cause hospitalization rates are 1.5 per patient year among children with ESRD
- The number of children listed for kidney transplant was at an all-time high of 517 in 2012
- As of 2005, deceased donor transplants were more common than living donor transplants
- The five-year survival probability was 0.89 for children initiating ESRD care between 2003-2007
- Credits
- USRDS
