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« on: January 24, 2007, 10:20:50 AM »

it seems to me like there are a lot more women on dialysis than men, is this true??? or at least maybe women are more communicative than men maybe that's the case i don't know?? can you guys help???


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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2007, 12:35:11 PM »

That's a good question! I don't know how you would go about finding the answer though. Maybe one of the Admins or something can look to see how many of each are on the site? I don't know...Well, I'm a female on dialysis, if that helps! Maybe we can throw age in there as well. I'm curious to see how many people here are close to my age (19). Good idea though! :thumbup;
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2007, 12:46:50 PM »

Idunno the answer.

Shay, I'm no longer your age, but when I first started dialysis I was 19. I'm now 28.
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2007, 03:14:42 PM »

From a 1999 article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, by Dr. Adeera Levin, Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director of Nephrology at Univ. of British Colombia -

"There is at present an imbalance between men and women in the population of patients with end stage renal disease in Canada:  the current ration of men to women is 60:40.  In contrast, US dialysis registry data indicate that men and women are more equally represented in that country."

here's the link if you want to read the doc's theories on why the imbalance exists - http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/160/6/828.pdf

Basically, as many men as women have ESRD.  It's an equal opportunity disease, even if the treatments aren't also doled out the same way.

If you google "dialysis statistics" you can find lots of info on ESRD patients.  Global Dialysis estimates 1.5 million worldwide - over 308,000 in the US alone.

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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2007, 03:40:22 PM »

During my days and during my shift there are more guys than gals.  Don't know about the other shift or other days though.
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2007, 04:34:02 PM »

Probably wont help  much, but M. W. F.  AM shift at my clinic there are 4 men, 6 women. 2nd shift are 3 men 7 women. I don't know about evening shift, or my days off.
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2007, 06:25:17 PM »

it seems to me like there are a lot more women on dialysis than men, is this true??? or at least maybe women are more communicative than men maybe that's the case i don't know?? can you guys help???


Rolando

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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2007, 01:16:18 AM »

Maybe we can throw age in there as well. I'm curious to see how many people here are close to my age (19). Good idea though! :thumbup;

Shay - you can check out this post about age - Just Curious - Age Question
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2007, 09:02:01 AM »

I'm male and 27. I started dialysis when I was 15. In the shifts I go to there seemes to be more men than women, but I think it is fairly equal overall (not sure why I have that impression).
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2007, 10:51:20 AM »

I'm female and 33. I started dialysis the first time when I was 16. Then had a transplant and then went back on dialysis in 2001 when I was 28. But that was PD so I didn't really take note of the female to male ratio. I have been on HD inclinic since July 2005 and I think there are more guys than girls in my self care unit.
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2007, 05:31:46 AM »

I am a 39 year old female.  I started dialysis at 19, had a transplant at 26, and went back on dialysis last year at age 39.
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2007, 12:25:14 AM »

I am a 56 y/o female on PD since June'05 and my father is soon to be 89 and has been on Hemo. for 7 years.
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2007, 03:48:14 AM »

Male/female ratio of dialysis patients have been shifting as the underling causes of renal failure have shifted as well.
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