Figure 1.
Prevalence and incidence of end-stage renal replacement therapy in Korea. The number of patients with renal replacement therapy at the end of each year (A); point prevalence of renal replacement therapy (B); patients starting renal replacement therapy each year (C); and three major causes of end-stage renal disease (D). CGN, chronic glomerulonephritis; DM, diabetic nephropathy; HD, hemodialysis; HTN, hypertensive nephrosclerosis; KT, kidney transplantation; PD, peritoneal dialysis; PMP, patient numbers per million population; RRT, renal replacement therapy.