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. 2023 Nov 15;17(2):sfad281. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfad281

Table 2:

Summary: data on the unadjusted prevalence of KRT on 31 December 2021 by country or region, the mean and median age on 31 December 2021, and the prevalence of KRT in patients with DM as PRD.

Prevalent patients on KRT in 2021
Country/region General population covered by the registry in thousands All (n) All (pmp) Mean age (years) Median age (years) DM (n) DM (pmp)
Albania 2784 1680 604 57.4 61.0 380 137
Austriaa 8825 8977 1017 62.2 63.8 1695 192
Belarusb 9256 4063 439 496 54
Belgium, Dutch-speakingc 6687 8640 1292 66.5 68.4 1393 208
Belgium, French-speakingc 4899 6829 1394 65.7 67.5 1182 241
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3531 2400 680 59.7 61.5 419 119
Croatiad 3306 2140 647 66.9 70.0 520 157
Czech Republic 10 307 11 613 1127
Denmark 5857 5794 989 59.5 61.0 991 169
Estonia 1331 1100 826 59.8 61.0 203 153
Finland 5541 5309 958 60.2 62.8 1307 236
France 67 356 93 098 1382 63.5 65.8 15 388 228
Greece 10 569 15 277 1445 66.2 68.2 2752 260
Hungary 9731 9091 934 62.0 64.0
Iceland 373 314 843 58.5 59.9 35 94
Israeld 9372 7042 751 67.8 70.0 3245 346
Italy (7 of 20 regions) 20 658 25 100 1215 62.9 64.9 2512 122
Kosovob 1688 927 549 60.7 62.0 237 140
Latvia 1704 1023 600 55.8 58.0 111 65
Lithuania 2811 2405 856
Montenegroc 619 269 434 59.8 62.5 48 78
North Macedonia 2069 1634 790 59.4 61.0 270 131
Norway 5403 5503 1019 60.4 62.3 738 137
Polandd 38 162 19 416 509 5391 141
Portugale 10 348 20 731 2003 68.3 3721 553
Romania 19 122 22 650 1184 63.8 65.7 2078 109
Serbia 6493 5644 869 61.6 63.9 993 153
Slovakiad 4452 3463 778 64.9 67.0 1082 243
Spain (All) 47 385 65 678 1386 61.3 64.8 10 796 228
Spain, Andalusia 8511 11 312 1329 61.8 63.0 1898 223
Spain, Aragon 1323 1939 1466 65.7 67.3 355 268
Spain, Asturias 1010 1477 1463 64.9 66.5 266 263
Spain, Basque country 2181 2856 1309 62.6 64.7 383 176
Spain, Canary Islands 2248 3499 1556 63.0 64.2 916 407
Spain, Cantabriac 584 687 1176 63.9 65.0 115 197
Spain, Castile and Leónc 2383 3274 1374 66.3 67.4 540 227
Spain, Castile-La Manchac 2049 2545 1242 64.1 64.8 449 219
Spain, Catalonia 7763 11 841 1525 63.6 65.4 1822 235
Spain, Community of Madrid 6751 7850 1163 62.3 63.8 1366 202
Spain, Extremadura 1060 1419 1339 63.8 64.5 235 222
Spain, Galicia 2694 4057 1506 64.1 65.5 709 263
Spain, La Rioja 316 382 1209 62.4 63.0 55 174
Spain, Murcia 1518 2192 1444 62.9 63.9 352 232
Spain, Navarrec 658 930 1413 63.9 65.5 159 241
Spain, Valencian region 5058 7650 1512 63.8 65.6 1125 222
Sweden 10 416 10 499 1008 60.5 62.5 1782 171
Switzerland 8452 8512 1007 62.9 65.0 1224 145
the Netherlands 16 832 17 975 1068 61.3 63.3 2378 141
Tunisia, Sfax regiond 1023 1063 1039 57.5 59.0 247 241
Turkeyf 84 680 84 128 993 5842 340
Ukraineb 26 632 8086 304 52.8 54.0 1304 49
UK, England 55 349 55 870 1009 58.3 59.6 10 032 181
UK, Northern Ireland 1905 2062 1083 58.8 59.8 293 154
UK, Scotland 5480 5488 1001 57.1 59.0 954 174
UK, Wales 3105 3304 1064 58.4 59.7 611 197
All countries 534 512 554 797 1040 62.2 64.0 82 650 186

DM, diabetes mellitus; PRD, primary renal disease.

When cells are left empty, the data are unavailable and could not be used for the calculation of the summary data.

aThe prevalence is underestimated by approximately 1% due to one haemodialysis centre not submitting data.

bPatients younger than 18 years of age are not reported.

cPatients younger than 20 years of age are not reported.

dData on prevalence includes dialysis patients only.

eData on DM are extrapolated from data of 13 473 patients (65.0% of total).

fData on DM are extrapolated from data of 17 074 patients (20.2% of total).