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. 2017 Jan 16;10(2):154–169. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfw135

Table 2.

Prevalence of RRT on 31 December 2014, for all primary renal diseases combined and diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2, by count (N) and unadjusted rate per million population, and for all primary renal diseases combined, the mean age of prevalent patients, presented by country/region

General population covered by the registry in thousands Prevalent patients on RRT in 2014
Total N Total pmp Mean age DM N DM pmp
Albania 2863 1072 374 51.4 120 42
Austria 8508 9038 1062 60.8 1791 211
Belgium, Dutch-speakinga 6444 7980 1238 65.5 1379 214
Belgium, French-speakinga 4788 5983 1250 64.6 1035 216
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3508 2662 759 59.4 501 143
Bulgaria 7217 4168 578
Croatia 4070 4295 1055 64.6 1246 306
Cyprus 847
Czech Republic 10 222 10 931 1069
Denmark 5700 5164 906 58.4 869 153
Estonia 1315 834 634 57.8 155 118
Finland 5462 4571 837 58.8 1167 214
France 66 262 80 144 1210 62.2 12 604 190
Georgia 4491 2096 467 56.1 435 97
Greece 10 892 13 101 1203 63.8 2399 220
Iceland 327 221 675 56.0 24 73
Israelb 8216 6286 765 60.9 2909 354
Italy (6 of 20 regions) 21 274 24 721 1162 61.8 2941 138
Latvia 1590 996 627 55.7 97 61
Lithuania 2943 2146 729
Macedonia 2022 1543 763 56.9 225 111
Montenegroa 622 296 476 52.4 47 76
Norway 5137 4716 918 59.1 628 122
Poland 36 338 31 106 856
Portugalc 10 427 18 703 1794 66.4 3332 320
Romaniad 19 710 17 620 894 59.9 1897 96
Serbia 7131 5860 822 58.3 936 131
Slovakiab 5421 3273 604 62.7 1067 197
Spain 46 771 55 062 1177 59.5 7630 163
Spain, Andalusia 8394 9537 1136 60.0 1427 170
Spain, Aragon 1329 1524 1147 62.5 268 202
Spain, Asturias 1059 1228 1160 62.4 201 190
Spain, Basque country 2166 2571 1187 61.5 264 122
Spain, Cantabriaa 587 601 1025 61.0 85 145
Spain, Castile and Leóna 2487 2696 1084 63.8 467 188
Spain, Castile-La Manchaa 2069 2180 1054 61.6 335 162
Spain, Catalonia 7519 9863 1312 62.3 1410 188
Spain, Extremadura 1100 1221 1110 61.4 191 174
Spain, Galicia 2741 3468 1265 61.9 600 219
Spain, Community of Madrid 6454 6739 1044 61.4 1183 183
Spain, Region of Murcia 1467 1845 1258 61.7 251 171
Spain, Navarrea 636 714 1122 61.9 79 124
Spain, Valencian region 5005 6495 1298 62.7 853 170
Sweden 9696 9263 955 59.5 1641 169
Switzerlandb 8230 2834 344 68.1 540 66
The Netherlands 16 865 16 311 967 59.9 1991 118
Tunisia, Sfax regionb 1186 806 678 58.2 140 118
Turkeye 77 696 71 318 918 2821 36
Ukraine 42 903 6742 157 902 21
UK, Englanda 54 317 49 698 915 58.4 8043 148
UK, Northern Irelanda 1840 1598 868 58.2 243 132
UK, Scotland 5348 4757 890 56.5 724 135
UK, Walesa 3092 2828 915 59.5 483 156
All countries 531 690 490 743 924 60.9 62 962 155

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

DM, diabetes mellitus as cause of renal failure.

a

Patients younger than 20 years of age are not reported. The true prevalent counts are, therefore, slightly higher than the counts reported here.

b

Data on prevalence include dialysis patients only.

c

Data on prevalence of cause of renal failure (DM) include dialysis patients only.

d

The overall prevalence of RRT is underestimated by approximately 3% due to an estimated 30% underreporting of patients living on a functioning graft.

e

Data on the prevalence of cause of renal failure (DM) are based on 8897 of 71 318 patients (12.5%).