USRDS 2002

December 19, 2002 - The United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Web Site has been redesigned.

RenDER (Renal Data Extraction and Referencing System) has been updated with 2002 data and enhanced to allow the calculation of unadjusted rates.

NEW: CIRS (COHORT ID RETRIEVAL SYSTEM) is designed for those renal researchers with an active Data Use Agreement (DUA) with the USRDS. It is designed to quickly extract a matching cohort list into a downloadable file. Click here for more information.

The United States Renal Data System (USRDS) is a national data system which collects, analyzes, and distributes information about end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States. The USRDS is funded directly by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The USRDS Coordinating Center is operated under a contract with the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation.

Most of the 2001 Annual Data Report (ADR) contains data through December 31, 2000. As in the past, the ADR is presented in reference tables. Here is the table of contents of this year's reference tables.

Statistics

• There were 275,053 dialysis patients, rising from 1999's total of 264,042.
  
• There were 103,809 patients with functioning transplanted kidneys, up from 97,879 in 1999.
  
• 88.9 percent of all dialysis patients were receiving in-center hemodialysis treatments (244,410 patients). This has risen steady since 1994, when 79.2 percent of dialysis patients were on in-center hemodialysis.
  
• There were 1429 patients on home hemodialysis. This number represents only 0.5 percent of all dialysis patients.
  
• There are a decreasing number of CAPD patients. The number of CAPD (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) patients dropped from 13,473 in 1999 to 12,307 in 2000. CAPD patients make up 4.5 percent of the dialysis patient population. This has dropped steadily since 1992, when 12.4 percent of patients were on CAPD.
  
• There was a small increase in the number of CCPD patients. The number of CCPD (continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis) patients rose from 10,745 in 1999 to 10,980 in 2000. 4.0 percent of dialysis patients are on CCPD.

There were 150,913 white dialysis patients, comprising 54.9 percent of the total.


There were 103,221 black dialysis patients, comprising 37.5 percent of the total.


There were 76,714 white patients with functioning kidney transplants, comprising 73.9 percent of the "functioning graft" patients.

There were 18,724 black patients with functioning kidney transplants, comprising only 18.0 percent of the "functioning graft" patients.