Table 2.
Kidney replacement therapy and nephrology workforce statistics for the ISN Middle East countries10,18, 19, 20, 21
| Country | Treated KF, pmp |
Prevalence of long-term dialysis, pmp |
Long-term dialysis centers, pmp |
Kidney transplantation, pmp |
Nephrology workforce, pmp |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence | Prevalence | HD | PD | Total (HD + PD) | HD | PD | Incidence | Prevalence | Centers | Nephrologists | Nephrology trainees | |
| Global median [IQR] | 142 [106–193] | 787 [522–1047] | 310.0 [99.0–597.0] | 25.0 [2.0–56.0] | 359.0 [112.0–636.0] | 4.5 [1.0–10.0] | 1.3 [0.4–2.5] | 14.0 [5.0–36.0] | 269.0 [66.0–468.0] | 0.4 [0.2–0.7] | 10.0 [1.2–22.7] | 1.4 [0.4–3.7] |
| Middle East median [IQR] | 132 [120.0–145.0] | 636 [295.4–728.5] | 256.7 [184.1–409.5] | 17.5 [10.9–17.5] | 255.6 [178.3–422.7] | 3.8 [2.1–5.7] | 0.77 [0.4–1.5] | 12.9 [11.7–25.2] | 277 [106–311] | 0.4 [0.3–0.4] | 8.1 [5.0–15.9] | 1.8 [0.7–2.9] |
| Bahrain | 208 | 340 | — | — | 250.2 | — | — | — | 52.7 | — | — | — |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 81 | 654 | 211.4 | 17.6 | 229.0 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 31.0 | 311.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| Iraq | — | 251 | — | — | 145.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | — | 106.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| Jordan | — | — | 428.9 | 17.4 | 446.3 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 25.2 | — | 1.0 | 8.1 | 1.8 |
| Kuwait | 141 | 787 | 263.3 | 41.3 | 304.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 21.7 | 363.0 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 24.0 |
| Lebanon | — | — | 668.5 | 25.5 | 694.0 | 11.9 | 1.5 | 12.9 | — | 0.7 | 28.3 | 2.1 |
| Oman | 120 | 670 | 250.0 | 10.9 | 260.9 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 279.0 | 0.4 | 20.0 | 2.9 |
| Qatar | 123 | 618 | 296.4 | 104.5 | 400.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 11.7 | 277.0 | 0.4 | 15.9 | 2.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 145 | 826 | 409.5 | 35.0 | 444.5 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 28.0 | 269.0 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 15.9 |
| Syrian Arab Rep. | — | — | 149.1 | 6.0 | 155.1 | 3.6 | — | 12.7 | — | 0.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | — | 152 | 184.1 | 17.3 | 201.4 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 3.0 | — | 0.4 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| West Bank and Gaza | — | — | — | — | — | 3.78 | — | — | — | 0.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Yemen | — | — | 99.1 | 9.3 | 108.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
—, Data not reported/unavailable; HD, hemodialysis; IQR, interquartile range; ISN, International Society of Nephrology; KF, kidney failure; PD, peritoneal dialysis; pmp, per million population; Rep., Republic.