Table 15 Incident patient distribution, by cause of death and sex, 2015
From: Annual Dialysis Data Report 2015, JSDT Renal Data Registry
Cause of death | Male | Female | Subtotal | No information available | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart failure (%) | 342 (23.5) | 192 (27.3) | 534 (24.7) | 534 (24.7) | |
Cerebrovascular disorder (%) | 82 (5.6) | 42 (6.0) | 124 (5.7) | 124 (5.7) | |
Infectious disease (%) | 366 (25.2) | 191 (27.1) | 557 (25.8) | 557 (25.8) | |
Hemorrhage (%) | 27 (1.9) | 10 (1.4) | 37 (1.7) | 37 (1.7) | |
Malignant tumors (%) | 179 (12.3) | 57 (8.1) | 236 (10.9) | 236 (10.9) | |
Cachexia/uremia (%) | 72 (4.9) | 34 (4.8) | 106 (4.9) | 106 (4.9) | |
Cardiac infarction (%) | 45 (3.1) | 16 (2.3) | 61 (2.8) | 61 (2.8) | |
Potassium poisoning/sudden death (%) | 23 (1.6) | 8 (1.1) | 31 (1.4) | 31 (1.4) | |
Chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis (%) | 25 (1.7) | 8 (1.1) | 33 (1.5) | 33 (1.5) | |
Suicide/refusal of treatment (dialysis) (%) | 12 (0.8) | 3 (0.4) | 15 (0.7) | 15 (0.7) | |
Intestinal obstruction (%) | 17 (1.2) | 7 (1.0) | 24 (1.1) | 24 (1.1) | |
Pulmonary thrombus/pulmonary embolus (%) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | |
Death due to disaster (%) | 5 (0.3) | 3 (0.4) | 8 (0.4) | 8 (0.4) | |
Other causes (%) | 148 (10.2) | 83 (11.8) | 231 (10.7) | 231 (10.7) | |
Unspecified (%) | 110 (7.6) | 49 (7.0) | 159 (7.4) | 159 (7.4) | |
Subtotal (%) | 1455 (100.0) | 704 (100.0) | 2159 (100.0) | 2159 (100.0) | |
No information available | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Total | 1456 | 706 | 2162 | 2162 |