Mortality rate of patients with end stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis: a single center study.

End stage renal disease (ESRD) is a devastating medical, social and economic problem in any community and needs dedicated supervision and health care. It is fatal unless treated properly. Despite the improvements in dialysis care, the mortality of patients with ESRD remains high. We retrospectively studied 242 patients with ESRD on regular hemodialysis (HD) at Gezira Hospital for Renal Diseases and Surgery, Sudan, from 1 January to 31 December 2008, to determine the mortality rate and causes of mortality. We found that the mortality rate was 7.44% per year and the leading cause of death was infections (45%) and cardiovascular (22%) diseases.