Table 17 Incident dialysis patient distribution, by cause of death and age, 2015
From: Annual Dialysis Data Report 2015, JSDT Renal Data Registry
Cause of death | < 65 | 65 ≤, < 75 | 75 ≤, < 85 | 85 ≤ | Subtotal | Unspecified | No information available | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart failure (%) | 50 (19.8) | 102 (20.7) | 235 (26.9) | 147 (27.2) | 534 (24.7) | 534 (24.7) | ||
Cerebrovascular disorder (%) | 14 (5.6) | 41 (8.3) | 51 (5.8) | 18 (3.3) | 124 (5.7) | 124 (5.7) | ||
Infectious disease (%) | 59 (23.4) | 118 (23.9) | 218 (25.0) | 162 (30.0) | 557 (25.8) | 557 (25.8) | ||
Hemorrhage (%) | 5 (2.0) | 10 (2.0) | 12 (1.4) | 10 (1.9) | 37 (1.7) | 37 (1.7) | ||
Malignant tumors (%) | 44 (17.5) | 78 (15.8) | 86 (9.9) | 28 (5.2) | 236 (10.9) | 236 (10.9) | ||
Cachexia/uremia (%) | 11 (4.4) | 17 (3.4) | 42 (4.8) | 36 (6.7) | 106 (4.9) | 106 (4.9) | ||
Cardiac infarction (%) | 8 (3.2) | 16 (3.2) | 23 (2.6) | 14 (2.6) | 61 (2.8) | 61 (2.8) | ||
Potassium poisoning/sudden death (%) | 6 (2.4) | 7 (1.4) | 14 (1.6) | 4 (0.7) | 31 (1.4) | 31 (1.4) | ||
Other causes (%) | 32 (12.7) | 63 (12.8) | 126 (14.4) | 93 (17.2) | 314 (14.6) | 314 (14.5) | ||
Unspecified (%) | 23 (9.1) | 41 (8.3) | 66 (7.6) | 28 (5.2) | 158 (7.3) | 1 (100.0) | 159 (7.4) | |
Subtotal (%) | 252 (100.0) | 493 (100.0) | 873 (100.0) | 540 (100.0) | 2158 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 2159 (100.0) | |
No information available | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
Total | 253 | 493 | 874 | 541 | 2161 | 1 | 2162 |