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Map divided by census regions and illustrating hemodialysis patients with graft at the start of ESRD. Pacific region (AK, WA, OR, CA, HI): 79%. Mountain region (MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM): 48%. West/north central region (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO): 56%. West/south central region (TX, OK, AR, LA): 73%. East/north central region (WI, IL, MI, IN, OH): 56%. East/south central region (MS, AL, TN, KY): 77%. Middle Atlantic (PA, NY, NJ): 52%. New England (NH, VT, MA, ME, RI, CT): 39%. South Atlantic (WV, MD, DE, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL): 57%. Caption includes additional information not pictured in map.

Vascular access in use on 12/31/93 among patients starting hemodialysis between 9/93 and 12/93; excludes temporary accesses. The overall ranking is similar to that reported for earlier years (Hirth, R. A., Turenne, M. N., Woods, J. D., Young, E. W., Port, F. K., Pauly, M. V., & Held, P. J. (1996). Predictors of type of vascular access in hemodialysis patients. JAMA, 276(16):1303-D1308).

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