Table 11 Causes of death in incident dialysis patients
From: Annual Dialysis Data Report 2014, JSDT Renal Data Registry (JRDR)
Cause of death | Male | Female | Subtotal | No information available | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart failure | 335 | 212 | 547 | 547 | |
(%) | (22.8) | (25.5) | (23.8) | (23.8) | |
Cerebrovascular disorder | 67 | 37 | 104 | 104 | |
(%) | (4.6) | (4.5) | (4.5) | (4.5) | |
Infectious disease | 386 | 206 | 592 | 592 | |
(%) | (26.3) | (24.8) | (25.8) | (25.8) | |
Hemorrhage | 31 | 21 | 52 | 52 | |
(%) | (2.1) | (2.5) | (2.3) | (2.3) | |
Malignant tumors | 186 | 77 | 263 | 263 | |
(%) | (12.7) | (9.3) | (11.4) | (11.4) | |
Cachexia/Uremia | 60 | 39 | 99 | 99 | |
(%) | (4.1) | (4.7) | (4.3) | (4.3) | |
Cardiac infarction | 46 | 29 | 75 | 75 | |
(%) | (3.1) | (3.5) | (3.3) | (3.3) | |
Potassium poisoning/Sudden death | 23 | 15 | 38 | 38 | |
(%) | (1.6) | (1.8) | (1.7) | (1.7) | |
Chronic hepatitis/Cirrhosis | 15 | 10 | 25 | 25 | |
(%) | (1.0) | (1.2) | (1.1) | (1.1) | |
Suicide/Refusal of treatment (dialysis) | 18 | 3 | 21 | 21 | |
(%) | (1.2) | (0.4) | (0.9) | (0.9) | |
Intestinal obstruction | 14 | 11 | 25 | 25 | |
(%) | (1.0) | (1.3) | (1.1) | (1.1) | |
Pulmonary thrombus/Pulmonary embolus | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
(%) | (0.5) | (0.1) | (0.4) | (0.4) | |
Death due to disaster | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |
(%) | (0.5) | (0.4) | (0.5) | (0.5) | |
Other causes | 156 | 102 | 258 | 258 | |
(%) | (10.6) | (12.3) | (11.2) | (11.2) | |
Unspecified | 115 | 65 | 180 | 180 | |
(%) | (7.8) | (7.8) | (7.8) | (7.8) | |
Subtotal | 1468 | 831 | 2299 | 2299 | |
(%) | (100.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | |
No information available | |||||
Total | 1468 | 831 | 2299 | 2299 | |