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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the index cohort with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) at the beginning of maintenance dialysis (83,358)

From: Estimation of lifetime productivity loss from patients with chronic diseases: methods and empirical evidence of end-stage kidney disease from Taiwan

 

Male (47,622)

Female (35,736)

Age

25–34

35–40

41–45

46–50

51–55

56–60

61–64

25–34

35–40

41–45

46–50

51–55

56–60

61–64

Total

2,548

3,365

4,520

7,202

9,953

11,092

8,942

2,142

2,518

3,384

5,150

6,607

8,162

7,773

Employment status, N (%)

 Employed

1,501 (59)

2,117 (63)

2,889 (64)

4,750 (66)

6,176 (62)

5,973 (54)

3,968 (44)

1,181 (55)

1,554 (62)

2,174 (64)

3,380 (66)

4,127 (62)

3,831 (47)

2,962 (38)

 Unemployed

1,047 (41)

1,248 (37)

1,631 (36)

2,452 (34)

3,777 (38)

5,119 (46)

4,974 (56)

961 (45)

964 (38)

1,210 (36)

1,770 (34)

2,480 (38)

4,331 (53)

4,811 (62)

Monthly working salary in baseline (USD)a

 ESKD patients

490

602

616

638

606

536

410

424

493

514

519

500

388

296

 Reference

796

954

963

957

921

799

587

669

703

693

699

668

531

366

  1. aBased on the mean exchange rate over the period from 2000 to 2017: 1 USD = 31.95 TWD