The age-adjusted death rates for kidney disease in Massachusetts are increasing in all groups. Yet, a racial disparity persists. In 2005, the age-adjusted death rates for blacks were twice that for whites. Gender plays a role as well. Men in both races have higher death rates from kidney disease than females.
Figures are age-adjusted to the 2000
U.S. standard population, per 100,000.
Source: Massachusetts Deaths 2005, Center for Health Information, Statistics, Research
and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, March 2007.
