Table 1.

Comparison of PD patient survival

Country	Reference	Number of cases	Mean age, years	DM rate	Time of review	Patient survival
Hong Kong	Ho et al. [22]	3,573	59.2	46%	1995–2009	1 year: 91.1%
						3 years: 69.6%
						5 years: 50.7%
						10 years: 26.7%
Australia	McDonald and Hurst [23]	1,660	n.a.	33%	2006–2008	1 year: 94%
						3 years: 73%
						5 years: 54%
New Zealand	McDonald and Hurst [23]	412	n.a.	43%	2006–2008	1 year: 94%
						3 years: 77%
						5 years: 50%
Korea	Jin et al. [54]	7,423	58	45.20%	2001–2010	1 year: 93.9%
						3 years: 75.2%
						5 years: 56.9%
						10 years: 32.3%
Singapore	Choo et al. [24]	1,015	58	58%	2000–2008	1 year: 88.7%
						5 years: 39.8%
						10 years: 15.4%
Taiwan	Wu et al. [25]	8,430	55.7	31.40%	2000–2009	1 year: 95%
						5 years: 60%
Thailand	Dhanakijcharoen et al. [20]	12,753	n.a.	n.a.	2008–2011	1 year: 79%
						2 years: 66%
						3 years: 57%

n.a. = Not assessed.