Table 12 Causes of deaths in prevalent 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 | 4800 | 2975 | 7775 | 7775 | |
(%) | (25.2) | (28.3) | (26.3) | (26.3) | |
Cerebrovascular disorder | 1329 | 769 | 2098 | 2098 | |
(%) | (7.0) | (7.3) | (7.1) | (7.1) | |
Infectious disease | 4066 | 2096 | 6162 | 6162 | |
(%) | (21.4) | (20.0) | (20.9) | (20.9) | |
Hemorrhage | 280 | 191 | 471 | 471 | |
(%) | (1.5) | (1.8) | (1.6) | (1.6) | |
Malignant tumors | 1951 | 718 | 2669 | 2669 | |
(%) | (10.3) | (6.8) | (9.0) | (9.0) | |
Cachexia/Uremia | 652 | 518 | 1170 | 1170 | |
(%) | (3.4) | (4.9) | (4.0) | (4.0) | |
Cardiac infarction | 868 | 390 | 1258 | 1258 | |
(%) | (4.6) | (3.7) | (4.3) | (4.3) | |
Potassium poisoning/Sudden death | 551 | 243 | 794 | 794 | |
(%) | (2.9) | (2.3) | (2.7) | (2.7) | |
Chronic hepatitis/Cirrhosis | 206 | 72 | 278 | 278 | |
(%) | (1.1) | (0.7) | (0.9) | (0.9) | |
Suicide/Refusal of treatment (dialysis) | 166 | 49 | 215 | 215 | |
(%) | (0.9) | (0.5) | (0.7) | (0.7) | |
Intestinal obstruction | 181 | 129 | 310 | 310 | |
(%) | (1.0) | (1.2) | (1.0) | (1.0) | |
Pulmonary thrombus/Pulmonary embolus | 55 | 24 | 79 | 79 | |
(%) | (0.3) | (0.2) | (0.3) | (0.3) | |
Death due to disaster | 112 | 45 | 157 | 157 | |
(%) | (0.6) | (0.4) | (0.5) | (0.5) | |
Other causes | 1603 | 1147 | 2750 | 2750 | |
(%) | (8.4) | (10.9) | (9.3) | (9.3) | |
Unspecified | 2209 | 1130 | 3339 | 3339 | |
(%) | (11.6) | (10.8) | (11.3) | (11.3) | |
Subtotal | 19,029 | 10,496 | 29,525 | 29,525 | |
(%) | (100.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | |
No information available | |||||
Total | 19,029 | 10,496 | 29,525 | 29,525 |