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. 2025 Feb 17;25:636. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21851-z

Table 1.

Disease burden in 2021 and rate change in age-standardized rates from 1990 to 2021 for chronic kidney disease globally and by SDI quintile

Characteristics Prevalence (95% uncertainty interval) Incidence (95% uncertainty interval) Mortality (95% uncertainty interval) DALYs (95% uncertainty interval)
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Global 673,722,703 (629,095,119–722,364,096) 8006.00 (7482.12–8575.62) −0.01 (−0.02 to 0.00) 19,935,038 (18,702,793–21,170,794) 233.56 (220.02–247.24) 0.22 (0.17–0.27) 1,527,639 (1,389,377–1,638,914) 18.50 (16.72–19.85) 0.25 (0.10–0.34) 44,453,684 (40,840,762–48,508,462) 529.62 (486.25–577.42) 0.10 (0.01–0.18)
Low SDI 54,528,960 (50,362,040- 59,039,888) 7984.37 (7449.39- 8549.73) −0.01 (−0.02> to 0.00)

950,557 (888,494-

1,011,543)

155.00 (143.40–167.34) 0.27 (0.22–0.33) 136,797 (118,867- 157,579) 29.43 (26.13- 33.79) −0.01 (−0.12 to 0.12) 5,042,405 (4,408,653- 5,841,516) 791.80 (704.14- 909.10) −0.07 (−0.16 to 0.03)
Low-middle SDI 149,861,034 (139,108,422- 161,539,154) 9171.03 (8543.99- 9848.15) −0.01 (−0.02 to 0.00) 3,130,960 (2,912,350- 3,362,301) 204.97 (189.81- 220.29) 0.34 (0.29–0.39) 309,509 (280,315- 349,455) 23.08 (20.97- 26.31) 0.24 (−0.02 to 0.43) 10,611,260 (9,599,821- 11,771,755) 686.98 (622.50- 765.20) 0.13 (−0.03 to 0.27)
Middle SDI 220,823,054 (205,500,731- 237,345,634) 8280.06 (7728.02- 8885.29) −0.02 (−0.03 to −0.01) 6,251,147 (5,866,964- 6,655,539) 232.96 (219.53- 246.12) 0.36 (0.29–0.44) 513,051 (458,865- 556,752) 20.89 (18.45- 22.67) 0.10 (−0.09 to 0.20) 15,700,568 (14,206,921- 17,147,169) 596.45 (540.33- 650.48) 0.02 (−0.11 to 0.10)
High-middle SDI 127,111,061 (118,337,580- 136,309,239) 7267.74 (6782.08- 7816.70) −0.01 (−0.02 to −0.00) 3,917,149 (3,653,537- 4,175,391) 205.90 (194.10- 218.61) 0.34 (0.29–0.39) 226,797 (201,672–252,703) 12.02 (10.68- 13.38) 0.24 (−0.01 to 0.43) 5,944,277 (5,372,850–6,623,407) 324.64 (293.58–360.92) 0.13 (−0.04 to 0.27)
High SDI 120,879,407 (113,333,443–127,967,827) 6733.55 (6322.09–7159.65) −0.02 (−0.03 to −0.01) 5,666,653 (5,273,251–6,033,381) 277.75 (260.70–295.01) 0.10 (0.05–0.16) 340,083 (289,016–369,665) 14.11 (12.30–15.21) 0.53 (0.46–0.60) 7,115,740 (6,464,112–7,759,250) 358.51 (324.74–390.20) 0.29 (0.24–0.34)

Data in parentheses represent the 95% uncertainty intervals. SDI, socio-demographic index. DALYs disability-adjusted life-years