Incidence and treatment of ESRD among indigenous peoples of Australasia.
Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand experience rates of ESKD several times higher than non-indigenous people. This relative rate is highest among people aged 45 - 54 for Aboriginal Australians, and 65 - 74 years for Maori. The majority of this is driven by diabetic nephropathy. Both groups have lesser utilization of transplantation as a renal replacement therapy than non-indigenous comparators, and lesser utilization of home dialysis modalities.
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ANZDATA Registry, Adelaide, Australia. stephenm@anzdata.org.au
D000368:Aged; D044362:Australasia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data