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Table HP.B
Cardiovascular mortality rates in prevalent ESRD patients (deaths per 1,000 patient years at risk) / period prevalent ESRD patients

Period prevalent ESRD patients; unadjusted.
For Hispanic patients we present data beginning in 1996, the first full year after the introduction of the April, 1995, revision of the Medical Evidence form, which introduced more specific questions on race & ethnicity.