TABLE 1.
Global epidemiology of kidney transplantation
| Category | Global incidence of kidney transplantation (pmp) | Global prevalence of kidney transplantation (pmp) | Global incidence of deceased donor kidney transplantation (pmp) | Global incidence of living donor kidney transplantation (pmp) | Global incidence of preemptive kidney transplantation (pmp) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | n | Median (IQR) | N | Median (IQR) | n | Median (IQR) | n | Median (IQR) | n | |
| Overall | 13.5 (5.2–37.8) | 98 | 255.0 (58.0–432.0) | 75 | 15.1 (2.9–29.4) | 75 | 5.3 (2.6–10.8) | 97 | 5.1 (1.5–6.9) | 20 |
| ISN region | ||||||||||
| Africa | 4.6 (1.5–10.8) | 9 | 25.3 (25.3–25.3) | 1 | 1.1 (0.3–2.0) | 4 | 2.1 (0.9–5.3) | 9 | – | 0 |
| Eastern & Central Europe | 26.3 (9.6–29.6) | 16 | 282.0 (88.4–302.0) | 13 | 21.9 (8.3–26.5) | 15 | 2.9 (2.1–4.5) | 16 | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 4 |
| Latin America & the Caribbean | 9.8 (6.0–20.2) | 18 | 68.8 (28.8–205.0) | 20 | 7.2 (2.6–16.1) | 17 | 3.8 (2.8–6.4) | 18 | – | 0 |
| Middle East | 12.9 (11.7–25.2) | 9 | 277.0 (106.0–311.0) | 7 | 4.4 (2.6–7.1) | 5 | 12.7 (9.1–14.6) | 9 | – | 0 |
| NIS & Russia | 5.4 (2.9–12.3) | 7 | 27.0 (25.0–58.0) | 3 | 4.2 (0.9–22.0) | 4 | 2.9 (1.4–5.4) | 7 | – | 0 |
| North America | 56.0 (48.4–63.6) | 2 | 6.8 (3.7–560.1) | 5 | 40.6 (35.5–45.7) | 2 | 15.4 (12.9–17.9) | 2 | 8.1 (5.3–10.8) | 2 |
| North & East Asia | 6.7 (6.5–13.1) | 3 | 141.0 (67.0–352.0) | 3 | 3.3 (1.4–5.2) | 2 | 6.7 (1.3–11.7) | 3 | – | 0 |
| Oceania & South East Asia | 4.7 (2.5–12.6) | 9 | 190.8 (58.0–380.0) | 6 | 6.1 (0.4–25.1) | 7 | 3.2 (2.0–5.6) | 9 | 4.8 (4.5–5.0) | 2 |
| South Asia | 4.8 (3.5–5.0) | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4.8 (3.5–5.0) | 5 | – | 0 |
| Western Europe | 46.5 (38.9–51.9) | 20 | 535.5 (468.0–573.7) | 17 | 35.3 (25.2–41.3) | 19 | 10.6 (6.8–15.1) | 19 | 6.3 (3.3–7.7) | 12 |
| World Bank income group | ||||||||||
| Low income | 3.5 (3.5–3.5) | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3.5 (3.5–3.5) | 1 | – | 0 |
| Lower-middle income | 4.3 (1.8–6.6) | 22 | 27.0 (5.0–33.0) | 7 | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 7 | 4.0 (1.6–5.5) | 22 | – | 0 |
| Upper-middle income | 9.3 (5.6–18.6) | 31 | 80.0 (50.0–114.1) | 25 | 5.2 (2.5–8.5) | 27 | 2.9 (1.7–10.4) | 31 | 0.7 (0.3–1.2) | 3 |
| High income | 38.5 (23.1–48.0) | 44 | 363.0 (269.0–535.5) | 43 | 27.1 (17.5–37.0) | 41 | 7.5 (4.8–14.5) | 43 | 5.8 (3.4–6.9) | 17 |
ISN, International Society of Nephrology; IQR, interquartile range; NIS, newly independent states; pmp, per million population.