Table 1.
Global availability and accessibility of conservative kidney management worldwide
| ISN Region and World Bank Income Group | Availability: Is Conservative Kidney Management Available in Your Country? | Accessibility: Easy Access to Conservative Kidney Management across Settings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, N (%) | No, N (%) | Unknown, N (%) | Totala | Generally Available, N (%) | Generally Not Available, N (%) | Never, N (%) | Unknown, N (%) | No Response, N (%) | Total Countries with Conservative Kidney Management Available | |
| Overall | 124 (81) | 28 (18) | 2 (1) | 154 | 47 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 124 |
| ISN regions | ||||||||||
| Africa | 33 (80) | 8 (20) | 0 (0) | 41 | 5 (15) | 16 (48) | 8 (24) | 0 (0) | 4 (12) | 33 |
| E and C Europe | 18 (95) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 19 | 8 (44) | 10 (56) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 |
| Latin America | 8 (44) | 10 (56) | 0 (0) | 18 | 0 (0) | 7 (39) | 1 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 |
| Middle East | 9 (82) | 2 (18) | 0 (0) | 11 | 3 (33) | 4 (44) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (22) | 9 |
| NIS and Russia | 4 (57) | 3 (43) | 0 (0) | 7 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 |
| NAC | 6 (67) | 3 (33) | 0 (0) | 9 | 5 (83) | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 |
| N and E Asia | 7 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 | 1 (14) | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 |
| OSEA | 14 (93) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 15 | 7 (50) | 3 (21) | 4 (29) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 |
| South Asia | 7 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 | 1 (14) | 3 (43) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (43) | 7 |
| Western Europe | 18 (90) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 20 | 16 (89) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 |
| World bank income group | ||||||||||
| Low | 18 (82) | 4 (18) | 0 (0) | 22 | 0 (0) | 10 (56) | 5 (28) | 0 (0) | 3 (17) | 18 |
| Lower middle | 26 (74) | 9 (26) | 0 (0) | 35 | 6 (23) | 12 (46) | 4 (15) | 0 (0) | 4 (15) | 26 |
| Upper middle | 33 (80) | 8 (20) | 0 (0) | 41 | 9 (27) | 18 (55) | 5 (15) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 33 |
| High | 47 (84) | 7 (13) | 2 (3) | 56 | 32 (68) | 14 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 47 |
Row % totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding. ISN, International Society of Nephrology; E and C Europe, Eastern and Central Europe; NIS, newly independent states; NAC, North America and the Caribbean; N and E Asia, North and East Asia; OSEA, Oceania and South East Asia.
a
Total countries that responded to questions related to conservative kidney management (160 in total responded to the 2016 Global Kidney Health Atlas questionnaire).