Table 2 Patient characteristics by age group
Age groups | 15–29 | 30–44 | 45–59 | 60–74 | 75–89 | 90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||||
Male | 749 (66.8) | 10,315 (68.4) | 38,610 (67.8) | 91,189 (64.8) | 51,997 (59.0) | 2032 (42.9) |
Female | 372 (33.2) | 4756 (31.6) | 18,340 (32.2) | 49,583 (35.2) | 36,150 (41.0) | 2704 (57.1) |
Vintage (years, number of patients, %) | ||||||
<2 | 383 (34.2) | 3556 (23.6) | 11,484 (20.2) | 28,358 (20.2) | 23,464 (26.6) | 1163 (24.6) |
2–4 | 323 (28.8) | 3756 (24.9) | 12,996 (22.8) | 32,734 (23.3) | 25,177 (28.6) | 1565 (33.1) |
5–9 | 263 (23.5) | 3564 (23.7) | 13,807 (24.3) | 35,296 (25.1) | 22,800 (25.9) | 1447 (30.6) |
10–14 | 103 (9.2) | 2134 (14.2) | 7782 (13.7) | 19,446 (13.8) | 9598 (10.9) | 425 (9.0) |
15–19 | 34 (3.0) | 1176 (7.8) | 4673 (8.2) | 10,882 (7.7) | 4007 (4.5) | 102 (2.2) |
20–24 | 11 (1.0) | 605 (4.0) | 2890 (5.1) | 6174 (4.4) | 1715 (1.9) | 26 (0.5) |
25–29 | 4 (0.4) | 206 (1.4) | 1734 (3.0) | 3890 (2.8) | 774 (0.9) | 3 (0.1) |
30+ | 0 (0.0) | 69 (0.5) | 1564 (2.7) | 3948 (2.8) | 572 (0.6) | 2 (0.0) |
Primary diagnoses (numbers, %) | ||||||
Diabetes | 61 (5.4) | 4268 (28.3) | 21,653 (38.0) | 57,903 (41.1) | 30,672 (34.8) | 920 (19.4) |
Glomerulonephritis | 389 (34.7) | 5635 (37.4) | 20,180 (35.4) | 46,654 (33.1) | 25,273 (28.7) | 1344 (28.4) |
Nephrosclerosis | 34 (3.0) | 614 (4.1) | 2411 (4.2) | 8917 (6.3) | 13,311 (15.1) | 1279 (27.0) |
Polycystic kidney | 21 (1.9) | 433 (2.9) | 2738 (4.8) | 5373 (3.8) | 2050 (2.3) | 63 (1.3) |
Others or unknown | 615 (54.9) | 4119 (27.3) | 9967 (17.5) | 21,917 (15.6) | 16,832 (19.1) | 1130 (23.9) |