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Table 13 Annual changes in major causes of death

From: Annual Dialysis Data Report 2014, JSDT Renal Data Registry (JRDR)

Cause of death

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Cardiac failure

29.9

28.2

25.4

24.1

23.9

24.1

24.3

23.2

25.5

25.1

25.0

Infectious disease

12.2

12.6

13.8

14.6

14.9

15.0

16.3

16.6

16.3

15.9

18.5

Malignant tumor

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.7

8.1

7.7

7.6

8.3

8.5

8.5

8.5

Cerebrovascular disease

13.5

14.1

13.5

12.9

12.6

12.1

11.3

11.3

11.6

11.2

10.7

Cardiac infarction

5.7

7.1

7.5

7.4

8.4

7.9

7.4

7.0

7.4

7.4

6.2

Others

4.1

4.5

5.8

6.3

6.7

7.0

7.7

7.9

9.1

9.0

9.7

Unspecified

2.6

2.8

3.2

2.5

3.5

3.9

3.6

8.1

5.7

6.6

5.6

Cause of death

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Cardiac failure

25.1

25.8

24.9

24.0

23.7

23.6

27.0

26.6

27.2

26.8

26.3

Infectious disease

18.8

19.2

19.9

18.9

19.9

20.7

20.3

20.3

20.4

20.8

20.9

Malignant tumor

9.0

9.0

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.4

9.8

9.1

9.1

9.4

9.0

Cerebrovascular disease

10.6

9.8

9.4

8.9

8.6

8.4

8.1

7.7

7.5

7.2

7.1

Cardiac infarction

5.4

5.1

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.0

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.3

Others

10.3

9.1

9.5

9.7

9.7

10.0

6.6

8.4

8.5

8.8

9.3

Unspecified

6.5

7.3

8.3

10.3

10.9

10.6

10.9

10.8

10.5

10.8

11.3