1. Figure 14. 1. Prevalence of coronary artery disease by year or
Figure 14.1 Prevalence of coronary artery disease by year or RRT start among year olds (left) and year olds (right).

2. Figure 14. 2. Prevalence of diabetes among new RRT
Figure 14.2 Prevalence of diabetes among new RRT patients in Australia and New Zealand,

4. Age-specific Death Rates, and Observed Survival Times
Table 14.4
Age-specific Death Rates, and Observed Survival Times
(25th, 50th and 75th centiles),
Integrated RRT for Australia and New Zealand
Age Group
Mortality
Rate
(per 100
years)
Number of
Subjects
Observed Cohort
25%
50%
75%
00-14
1.8
322
15-24
713
25-34
3.3
1464
9.0
35-44
4.8
2163
5.7
45-54
9.3
3240
3.1
7.3
55-64
14.6
4135
2.1
4.6
65-74
23.1
4570
1.5
5.5
75-84
31.6
1704
1.1
2.4
3.9
> 85
52.2 63
0.4
2.6

5. Figure 14.5 Kaplan-Meier curve of patient survival by age
category, integrated across all RRT modalities, for those who started RRT between 1-Apr-1992 and 31-Mar-2002.
* = years of age.

6. Predicted 25th, 50th and 75th Centiles of Survival
Figure 14.6
Predicted 25th, 50th and 75th Centiles of Survival
by Age, assuming NO comorbidities
Age Group
Observed Cohort
25%
50%
75%
65-69
1.8
3.6
6.0
70-74
1.4
2.9
4.9
75-79
1.2
2.5
4.2
80-84
1.0
2.1
3.7
85-89
0.7
1.5
2.6
90 +
0.4
0.8

7. Time Ratios for Survival in the > 65 Year Age Group
Figure 14.7
Time Ratios for Survival in the
>
65 Year Age
Group
These should be multiplied by the median survival in Fig to
derive an median expected survival. For a 72 year old female type II
diabetic with coronary artery disease, expected median survival
would be 3.6 x 0.82 x 0.84 = 2.5 years.
Parameter
Time Ratio
95% Conf.
Interval
Type I diabetes
0.62
0.45
0.86
Male gender
1.11
1.03
1.18
Type II diabetes
0.80
0.74
0.87
Aboriginal
0.84
0.66
1.07
Maori / Pac.Isl.
0.67
0.96
Coronary artery disease
0.79
0.73
Cerebrovascular disease
0.82
0.76
0.89
Chronic lung disease
0.78
0.72
0.85
Peripheral vascular disease