Chapter 1: Incidence, Prevalence, Patient Characteristics, and Treatment Modalities

 In 2016, the age-sex-standardized ESRD incidence rate ratio, compared with Whites, was 2.9 for Blacks/African Americans, 1.2 for American Indians/Alaska Natives, and 1.1 for Asians (Figure 1.5). All these represent reductions in the relative rate of ESRD for these minorities compared to Whites over the past 16 years. The incidence rate ratio for Hispanics versus non-Hispanics was 1.3 (Figure 1.6).