What is the life expectancy of a person on dialysis?
People 60-64 are likely to live 4.8 more years on dialysis vs 13 more years on dialysis (that is 8-9 years longer) for 45-50 year-olds. The benefit is 13-14 more years on transplant than on dialysis — and these increments do not even take into account concurrent illness or how long the person had been on dialysis prior to transplantation.
