Table 2

Mortality and accumulated person-years by health state

Chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5Peritoneal dialysisHaemodialysisTransplanted
N30407251791606
Person-years6553111336802935
 Mean (SD)2.2 (1.7)1.5 (1.4)2.1 (2.2)4.8 (3.2)
 Median (25th–75th centile)1.7 (0.8–3.2)1.1 (0.5–2.3)1.3 (0.4–3.0)4.6 (2.1–7.4)
Deaths (1999–2010)76618692453
Circulatory deaths (1999–2008)*381 (76%)128 (85%)513 (69%)26 (67%)
Deaths/1000 person-years (95% CI)
 Patients117 (109 to 125)167 (145 to 193)251 (235 to 268)18 (14 to 24)
 Matched general population controls†51 (48 to 54)21 (17 to 26)20 (18 to 22)4 (3 to 5)
  • *Causes of death are not available for deaths occurred in 2009 and 2010 (530/1929 deaths; 27%). Cardiovascular causes determined from main and contributory diagnoses.

  • †Matched 5 : 1 by age, sex and index year.