Calculation of expected remaining lifetime of dialysis patients in Japan

Table 5 Comparison of the expected remaining lifetime between dialysis patients and the general population (excerpts every 10 years)

Age^a (years old)	Expected remaining lifetime of dialysis patients (2015)		Expected remaining lifetime of Japanese general population (2015) [10]		DG-R^b (2015)		Expected remaining lifetime of dialysis patients (2003) [1]		Expected remaining lifetime of Japanese general population (2003) [11]		DG-R^b (2003)
Age^a (years old)	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
30	30.8	34.1	51.5	57.5	0.60	0.59	27.4	30.3	49.2	56.0	0.56	0.54
40	23.9	26.9	41.8	47.7	0.57	0.56	20.5	23.2	39.7	46.2	0.52	0.50
50	17.3	20.4	32.4	38.1	0.53	0.54	14.6	16.7	30.5	36.7	0.48	0.46
60	11.9	14.1	23.6	28.8	0.50	0.49	9.9	11.3	22.0	27.5	0.45	0.41
70	7.7	8.9	15.6	19.9	0.49	0.45	6.2	7.1	14.4	18.8	0.43	0.38
80	4.6	5.0	8.9	11.8	0.51	0.43	3.8	4.4	8.3	11.0	0.46	0.40
90	2.4	2.2	4.4	5.7	0.54	0.39	2.3	2.6	4.3	5.6	0.55	0.46

^aThe expected remaining lifetime at each age was excerpted every 10 years
^bDG-R = (expected remaining lifetime of dialysis patients) ÷ (expected remaining lifetime in the general population)

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