Table 3. Mortality Rates in Patients Receiving Dialysis and the General Population.
| Condition | Time periods | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1998-2003 | 2004-2009 | 2010-2015 | |
| Myocardial infarction | ||||
| Mortality rate for patients receiving dialysisa | 17.6 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 12.2 |
| Mortality rate for general populationa | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Crude mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 19.7 (19.2-20.1) | 19.9 (19.2-20.6) | 20.4 (19.7-21.2) | 19.1 (18.3-20.0) |
| Age- and sex-standardized mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 7.2 (7.1-7.4) | 8.1 (7.8-8.3) | 7.4 (7.1-7.6) | 6.8 (6.5-7.1) |
| Stroke | ||||
| Mortality rate for patients receiving dialysisa | 11.5 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 8.9 |
| Mortality rate for general populationa | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Crude mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 15.9 (15.4-16.3) | 15.8 (15.1-16.5) | 16.3 (15.5-17.1) | 15.9 (15.1-16.7) |
| Age- and sex-standardized mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 6.2 (6.1-6.4) | 7.3 (7.0-7.6) | 6.2 (5.9-6.5) | 5.8 (5.5-6.2) |
| Pulmonary embolism | ||||
| Mortality rate for patients receiving dialysisa | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Mortality rate for general populationa | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Crude mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 16.0 (14.6-17.6) | 18.7 (16.2-21.6) | 15.8 (13.5-18.6) | 13.2 (10.9-16.0) |
| Age- and sex-standardized mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 6.8 (6.2-7.5) | 8.7 (7.6-10.1) | 6.6 (5.6-7.7) | 5.5 (4.5-6.6) |
| Other | ||||
| Mortality rate for patients receiving dialysisa | 162.2 | 166.2 | 164.3 | 156.8 |
| Mortality rate for general populationa | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| Crude mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 15.8 (15.7-15.9) | 16.2 (15.9-16.4) | 16.3 (16.1-16.5) | 15.1 (14.9-15.3) |
| Age- and sex-standardized mortality rate ratio (95% CI) | 6.3(6.3-6.3) | 7.3 (7.2-7.4) | 6.3 (6.3-6.4) | 5.7 (5.6-5.7) |
a
Mortality rates are expressed as deaths per 1000 person-years.