TABLE 1.
Number of prevalent cases and deaths from diseases that are eligible for palliative care as well as number of patients which received palliative care in 2021 in Kazakhstan (National Research Center for Health Development) (Kazakhstan, 2020–2023).
| Disease | Prevalent cases (total) | Number of deaths (adults) | Number of patients who received palliative care (adults) (n/% a ) | Number of deaths (children) (n/%) | Number of patients who received palliative care (children) (n/% a ) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | 190,159 | 14,049 | 3,180 | 23% | 327 | 35 | 11% |
| Tuberculosis | 10,186 | 296 | 157 | 53% | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| HIV | 29,331 | 198 | 271 | 137% | 5 | N/A | N/A |
| Central nervous system | 37,196 | 29,246 | 2,310 | 8% | 610 | 267 | 44% |
| Cardiovascular | 177,182 | 42,768 | 1,271 | 3% | 337 | 14 | 4% |
| Liver | 79,114 | 9,218 | 264 | 3% | 37 | 1 | 3% |
| Alzheimer | 494 | 298 | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Respiratory | 87,006 | 20,242 | 870 | 4% | 457 | 3 | 1% |
| Diabetes | 417,328 | 6,522 | 555 | 9% | 16 | 1 | 6% |
| Total | 1,027,670 | 122,837 | 8,880 | 7% | 1,789 | 321 | 18% |
a
Percentage of patients who received palliative care from the total number of deaths from the corresponding disease.