Table 2. Causes of Death in Patients Receiving Dialysis and the General Population.
| Cause of death | Patients, No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1998-2003 | 2004-2009 | 2010-2015 | |
| Patients receiving dialysis | ||||
| Total deaths | 83 912 (100) | 26 505 (100) | 29 708 (100) | 27 699 (100) |
| Myocardial infarction | 7662 (9.1) | 3044 (11.5) | 2730 (9.2) | 1888 (6.8) |
| Stroke | 5030 (6.0) | 1898 (7.2) | 1750 (5.9) | 1382 (5.0) |
| Pulmonary embolism | 435 (0.5) | 182 (0.7) | 149 (0.5) | 104 (0.4) |
| Other | 70 785 (84.4) | 21 381 (80.7) | 25 079 (84.4) | 24 325 (87.8) |
| General population | ||||
| Total deaths | 15 835 391 (100) | 5 266 933 (100) | 5 200 622 (100) | 5 367 835 (100) |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 183 903 (7.5) | 501 542 (9.5) | 388 169 (7.5) | 294 192 (5.5) |
| Stroke | 82 705 (6.1) | 31 918 (7.5) | 27 327 (6.0) | 23 461 (4.8) |
| Pulmonary embolism | 965 065 (0.5) | 393 711 (0.6) | 312 401 (0.5) | 258 953 (0.4) |
| Other | 13 603 718 (85.9) | 4 339 762 (82.4) | 4 472 725 (86.0) | 4 791 229 (89.3) |