Table 2.

Competing risk sub-hazard ratios [95% confidence intervals] for technique failure, by reason for failure

	Major city	All other regions*
All cause – first 6 months	1 (reference)	0.47 [0.35–0.62], P < 0.001
All cause > 6 months	1 (reference)	1.05 [0.84–1.32], P = 0.6
Infection	1 (reference)	1.15 [0.80–1.67], P = 0.5
Dialysis	1 (reference)	1.05 [0.73–1.52], P = 0.8
Technical	1 (reference)	0.57 [0.38–0.84], P = 0.005
Non–medical	1 (reference)	0.52 [0.31–0.87], P = 0.01
Transplantation	1 (reference)	1.12 [0.82–1.53], P = 0.5

*Inner regional, outer regional and remote were grouped due to small numbers.

Each cause of failure has all other causes and death as competing risks. Data for reason for technique failure was only available after 2006.