Socioeconomic deprivation, travel distance, and renal replacement therapy in the Trent Region, United Kingdom 2000: an ecological study: Table 1

he incidence of chronic renal failure rises with age and is higher in men and in people of Asian and Afro-Caribbean origin. A study using data from 1991-3 found that renal replacement therapy rates were related to age, ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and travel distance to renal units. We examined utilisation rates in relation to socioeconomic deprivation and travel distance to renal units as part of the needs assessment and planning process.