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. 2019 Feb 26;12(5):702–720. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfz011

Table 2.

Prevalence of RRT on 31 December 2016, by country/region, for all primary renal diseases combined and DM types 1 and 2, as count (n) and unadjusted rate pmp, and the mean and median age on 31 December 2016


Country/region		 General population covered by the registry in thousands Prevalent patients on RRT in 2016
All (n) All (pmp) Mean age (years) Median age (years) DM (n) DM (pmp)
Albania 2860 1450 507 49.6 50.7 230 80
Austria 8700 9397 1080 61.2 62.7 1848 212
Belarus 8172 2360 289 51.6 53.0 295 36
Belgium, Dutch-speakinga 6509 8257 1269 66.1 67.9 1426 219
Belgium, French-speakinga 4822 6317 1310 64.9 66.5 1109 230
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3531 2679 759 59.7 61.7 548 155
Bulgaria 7102 4333 610
Croatia 3755 3908 1041 65.7 67.0 710 189
Cyprus 857
Czech Republic 10 262 11 265 1098
Denmark 5784 5433 939 58.8 60.4 929 161
Estonia 1316 919 698 57.9 58.6 168 128
Finland 5495 4861 885 59.2 61.5 1231 224
France 66 860 85 471 1278 62.8 64.6 13 833 207
Georgia 3720 2652 713 60.1 61.2 539 145
Greece 10 776 13 841 1284 64.6 66.8 2637 245
Iceland 335 224 668 54.9 56.3 26 78
Israelb 8545 6566 768 66.0 68.0 3035 355
Italy (6 of 20 regions) 20 921 24 035 1149 62.0 64.1 2654 127
Latvia 1560 1038 665 56.3 57.0 98 63
Lithuania 2888 2193 759
Macedonia 2022 1665 823 58.6 60.0 273 135
Norway 5235 4974 950 59.4 61.5 654 125
Poland 38 362 31 144 812 6132 160
Portugal 10 358 19 738 1906 66.9 67.9 3435 332
Romaniac 19 505 20 445 1048 61.2 63.0 2051 105
Russia 1 43 869 44 544 310 55.5 57.0 5340 37
Serbiad 7058 3833 543 59.5 62.0 640 91
Slovakiab 5435 3370 620 63.8 66.0 1140 210
Spain (All regions) 46 558 57 433 1234 60.0 63.2 9031 194
Spain, Andalusia 8406 10 019 1192 60.5 61.9 1548 184
Spain, Aragon 1317 1588 1205 62.9 64.0 274 208
Spain, Asturias 1041 1325 1273 63.0 63.5 215 207
Spain, Basque country 2166 2704 1249 62.0 63.8 304 140
Spain, Cantabriaa 582 686 1179 62.6 64.0 91 156
Spain, Castile and Leóna 2445 2858 1169 64.8 65.8 505 207
Spain, Castile-La Manchaa 2045 2357 1153 62.5 63.3 373 182
Spain, Catalonia 7523 10 523 1399 63.0 64.8 1499 199
Spain, Community of Madrid 6467 7450 1152 61.9 63.2 1323 205
Spain, Extremadura 1088 1263 1161 62.0 62.3 191 176
Spain, Galicia 2715 3619 1333 62.5 64.0 598 220
Spain, Navarrea 639 837 1310 62.5 64.0 128 200
Spain, Region of Murcia 1465 1949 1331 62.1 63.3 274 187
Spain, Valencian region 4960 6883 1388 63.3 65.2 933 188
Sweden 9923 9718 979 59.9 62.0 1742 176
Switzerlande 8373 7503 896 62.1 63.9 1159 138
The Netherlands 16 349 17 117 1047 60.5 62.4 2229 136
Tunisia, Sfax regionb 1213 946 780 58.2 59.0 200 165
Turkeyf 79 815 74 475 933 2719 34
UK, Englanda,g 55 268 52 641 952 58.8 59.2 8884 161
UK, Northern Irelanda 1862 1784 958 58.7 58.4 280 150
UK, Scotland 5405 5028 930 56.8 57.7 826 153
UK, Walesa 3113 3062 984 59.5 60.3 503 162
Ukraine 42 590 8019 188 49.5 51.0 1280 30
All countries 687 084 564 638 823 60.6 62.4 79 834 134

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

a

Patients <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

The prevalence is underestimated by ∼3% due to an estimated 30% under-reporting of patients living with a functioning graft.

d

The prevalence is underestimated by ∼29% due to centres not submitting complete data for 2016.

e

The prevalence is underestimated by ∼6% due to an estimated 11% under-reporting of patients living with a functioning graft.

f

Data on the prevalence of primary renal disease (DM) is based on 8043 dialysis patients (10.8% of total)

g

The prevalence is underestimated by ∼1% due to a small number of centres not submitting complete data for 2016.

DM, diabetes mellitus as primary renal disease.