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. 2018 Jan 5;11(1):108–122. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfx149

Table 2.

Prevalence of RRT on 31 December 2015, for all primary renal diseases combined and diabetes mellitus Types 1 and 2, as count (n) and unadjusted rate pmp, and the mean age of prevalent patients

Country/region General population covered by the registry in thousands Prevalent patients on RRT in 2015
All (n) All (pmp) Mean age (years) DM (n) DM (pmp)
Albania 2851 1214 426 50.3 144 51
Austria 8585 9259 1079 61.0 1828 213
Belarus 9299 3204 345 444 48
Belgium, Dutch-speakinga 6473 8142 1258 65.8 1400 216
Belgium, French-speakinga 4802 6143 1279 64.8 1071 223
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3531 2653 751 59.4 512 145
Bulgaria 7154 4241 593
Croatia 3427 2553 745 65.6 656 191
Cyprus 855
Czech Republic 10 293 11 444 1112
Denmark 5740 5190 904 58.4 878 153
Estonia 1315 869 661 57.8 163 124
Finland 5480 4679 854 58.8 1189 217
France 66 624 83 042 1246 63.0 13 217 198
Georgia 3714 2327 627 56.5 483 130
Greece 10 821 13 359 1235 64.0 2485 230
Iceland 331 218 659 54.6 23 70
Israelb 8380 6442 769 65.6 2954 352
Italy (5 of 20 regions) 16 986 17 832 1050 62.2 2061 121
Latvia 1574 1007 640 55.9 95 60
Lithuania 2921 2203 754
Macedonia 2022 1598 790 57.8 245 121
Norway 5189 4836 932 59.3 644 124
Poland 37 967 30 400 801
Portugalc 10 375 18 928 1824 66.8 3392 327
Romaniad 19 617 18 977 967 60.5 1996 102
Russia 145 080 43 955 303 54.4 5318 37
Serbia 7095 5673 800 59.2 935 132
Slovakiab 5426 3337 615 63.3 1145 211
Spain (all regions) 46 624 56 354 1209 63.2 8863 190
Spain, Andalusia 8402 9640 1147 60.2 1476 176
Spain, Aragon 1323 1539 1164 62.7 238 180
Spain, Asturias 1050 1256 1196 62.8 206 196
Spain, Basque country 2165 2656 1227 61.8 286 132
Spain, Cantabriaa 584 662 1134 62.2 89 152
Spain, Castile and Leóna 2466 2761 1119 64.3 476 193
Spain, Castile-La Manchaa 2056 2241 1090 62.0 341 166
Spain, Catalonia 7508 10 171 1355 62.7 1414 188
Spain, Community of Madrid 6437 7008 1089 61.5 1247 194
Spain, Extremadura 1093 1256 1149 61.4 191 175
Spain, Galicia 2728 3559 1305 62.2 608 223
Spain, Navarrea 637 799 1254 62.0 112 176
Spain, Region of Murcia 1467 1888 1287 61.8 257 175
Spain, Valencian region 4981 6638 1333 62.8 883 177
Sweden 9799 9421 961 59.6 1668 170
Switzerlande 8282 7714 931 62.5 1166 141
The Netherlands 16 940 16 764 990 60.1 2122 125
Tunisia, Sfax regionb 1186 923 778 58.3 184 155
Turkeyf 78 736 73 660 936 2048 26
UK, Englanda,g 54 786 50 999 931 58.6 8483 155
UK, Northern Irelanda 1852 1693 914 58.4 258 139
UK, Scotland 5373 4923 916 56.6 781 145
UK, Walesa 3099 2997 967 59.4 509 164
Ukraine 42 759 7610 178 48.6 1137 27
All countries 683 363 546 783 801 60.8 70 497 128

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

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 primary renal disease (DM) include dialysis patients only.

d

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

e

The prevalence is underestimated by ∼6% due to an estimated 11% underreporting of patients living on a functioning graft.

f

Data on the prevalence of primary renal disease (DM) is based on 6400 dialysis patients (8.7% of total).

g

The prevalence is underestimated by ∼1% due to a small number of centres not submitting complete data for 2015.

DM, diabetes mellitus as primary renal disease.