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Table 19 Causes of death during the incident year, 1990–2015

From: Annual Dialysis Data Report 2015, JSDT Renal Data Registry

Cause of death

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Cardiac failure

32.3

33.4

32.6

32.3

30.0

26.9

22.6

23.4

24.4

23.3

22.8

26.0

24.6

Infectious disease

14.1

15.7

12.6

14.2

14.5

16.6

18.7

17.8

18.3

19.8

19.7

19.4

21.1

Cerebrovascular disease

10.8

9.5

8.8

8.9

8.6

9.5

8.2

9.2

7.4

7.1

7.3

8.2

7.4

Malignant tumor

8.6

7.4

7.5

7.5

8.4

7.8

9.1

9.0

6.4

8.3

9.2

9.3

9.3

Cardiac infarction

3.8

4.6

4.5

3.7

5.6

5.5

5.2

6.0

5.1

5.1

4.8

5.2

5.3

Cause of death

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Cardiac failure

23.9

23.3

24.3

22.8

23.2

24.1

21.8

24.9

25.0

25.5

23.8

23.8

24.7

Infectious disease

23.8

23.6

23.7

26.4

24.2

25.2

26.1

26.5

24.5

25.7

26.0

25.8

25.8

Cerebrovascular disease

7.6

6.3

6.5

5.9

5.5

5.1

5.4

4.8

5.4

5.2

6.1

4.5

5.7

Malignant tumor

9.5

9.1

9.4

10.4

10.3

9.8

10.4

12.5

11.6

10.6

12.1

11.4

10.9

Cardiac infarction

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.2

3.5

2.8

3.5

3.0

3.5

2.8

3.0

3.3

2.8

  1. The above data were obtained from the patient survey