Number Of Very Elderly Beginning Dialysis Increased Greatly In Last Decade But Only 46 Percent Were Alive One Year Later

... The number of octogenarians (people aged 80 to 89) and nonagenarians (people 90 to 99) who began dialysis increased from 7,054 people in 1996 to 13,577 people in 2003, according to a new study (Article, p. 177).Overall, one-year survival rates for patients on dialysis did not materially change from 1996 to 2003, remaining at about 50 percent. [click link for full article] ...