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Table 12 Patient’s peritonitis rate

From: Annual peritoneal dialysis report 2014, the peritoneal dialysis registry

Peritonitis episodes per patient-year

0

1.0–<2.0

2.0–<3.0

3.0–<4.0

4.0–<5.0

≥5.0

Subtotal

Unspecified/no information available

Total

Mean

Number of patients (%)

3758 (86.7)

400 (9.5)

82 (2.3)

25 (0.8)

13 (0.3)

23 (0.4)

4301 (100.0)

2887

7188

0.21

  1. These data were obtained from the PD-only patients in the patient survey
  2. Patient’s peritonitis rate per patient-year = (Peritonitis episodes in 2014 in all subjects ÷ Total months on PD in 2014 in all subjects) × 12