Northwest Renal Network 2009 Dialysis Facility Report Summary
	Incident Patient Characteristics
	Incident Patient Characteristics (2008)					US	Network		AK	ID	MT	OR	WA
	Average Age					63.3	63.7		61.9	64.8	64.3	64.2	63.3
	Percent Female					44%	42%		45%	43%	43%	44%	41%
	Percent African American					28%	6%		5%	1%	1%	5%	9%
		Asian/Pacific Islander				4%	7%		16%	1%	0%	5%	10%
		Native American				1%	3%		10%	2%	21%	1%	2%
		White				66%	83%		69%	95%	78%	88%	79%
		Hispanic				13%	7%		4%	8%	4%	6%	7%
	Primary Renal Diagnosis of Diabetes					45%	42%		42%	38%	47%	39%	45%
		Hypertension				29%	22%		29%	29%	12%	22%	22%
		Primary Glomerulonephritis				6%	9%		11%	8%	9%	9%	9%
		Other or Missing				20%	26%		19%	24%	32%	30%	25%
	Medical Coverage Group Only					16%	14%		14%	15%	11%	16%	14%
		Medicare Only				20%	18%		3%	25%	13%	24%	14%
		Medicaid Only				11%	8%		7%	3%	2%	7%	10%
		Medicare and Medicaid Only				13%	10%		16%	10%	8%	8%	11%
		Medicare and Other				24%	33%		37%	32%	47%	29%	34%
		Other or Unkown				9%	10%		13%	6%	11%	9%	12%
		None				7%	6%		10%	10%	9%	7%	4%
	Average BMI Male					26.6	26.7		26.1	27.4	26.9	26.9	26.6
		Female				28.0	27.7		28.2	28.9	27.8	27.0	27.9
	Percent Employed Six Months Prior to ESRD					36%	44%		50%	39%	48%	47%	43%
		At Start of ESRD				22%	31%		37%	32%	28%	31%	30%
	Pre-ESRD Nephrologist Care (% of new patients)
		None				31%	27%		34%	32%	29%	27%	26%
		Less than 6 Months				12%	7%		2%	6%	9%	7%	8%
		6-12 Months				21%	22%		27%	31%	18%	24%	20%
		>12 Months				24%	40%		31%	25%	43%	39%	44%
		Unknown				12%	3%		5%	6%	1%	3%	3%
												September 23, 2009