TABLE 4.
Accessibility (defined as proportion of patients with kidney failure receiving kidney transplant) to kidney transplantation and variation based on geography and patient characteristics
| Category | n | Access to transplantation | Variation based on geography | Variation based on patient characteristics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 1–10% | 11%–25% | 26%–50% | >50% | Yes | No | N/A | Other | Yes | No | N/A | Other | ||
| Overall | 154 | 29 (19) | 51 (33) | 18 (12) | 10 (6) | 46 (30) | 32 (21) | 98 (64) | 23 (15) | 1 (1) | 31 (20) | 103 (67) | 19 (12) | 1 (1) |
| ISN region | ||||||||||||||
| Africa | 41 | 22 (54) | 15 (37) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 2 (5) | 7 (17) | 18 (44) | 16 (39) | 0 (0) | 6 (15) | 19 (46) | 15 (37) | 1 (2) |
| Eastern & Central Europe | 19 | 1 (5) | 3 (16) | 2 (11) | 2 (11) | 11 (58) | 1 (5) | 16 (84) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 2 (11) | 16 (84) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| Latin America & the Caribbean | 18 | 0 (0) | 9 (50) | 4 (22) | 2 (11) | 3 (17) | 8 (44) | 9 (50) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 8 (44) | 10 (56) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Middle East | 11 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (18) | 1 (9) | 8 (73) | 1 (9) | 10 (91) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| NIS & Russia | 7 | 0 (0) | 2 (29) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) | 3 (43) | 1 (14) | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| North America | 9 | 3 (33) | 2 (22) | 2 (22) | 0 (0) | 2 (22) | 1 (11) | 5 (56) | 3 (33) | 0 (0) | 2 (22) | 5 (56) | 2 (22) | 0 (0) |
| North & East Asia | 7 | 0 (0) | 7 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Oceania & South East Asia | 15 | 2 (13) | 8 (53) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 4 (27) | 7 (47) | 7 (47) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 8 (53) | 6 (40) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) |
| South Asia | 7 | 1 (14) | 5 (71) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (71) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 4 (57) | 3 (43) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Western Europe | 20 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) | 3 (15) | 13 (65) | 0 (0) | 20 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 20 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| World Bank income group | ||||||||||||||
| Low income | 22 | 14 (64) | 8 (36) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (14) | 8 (36) | 11 (50) | 0 (0) | 3 (14) | 8 (36) | 10 (45) | 1 (5) |
| Lower-middle income | 35 | 9 (26) | 18 (51) | 5 (14) | 0 (0) | 3 (9) | 14 (40) | 16 (46) | 5 (14) | 0 (0) | 12 (34) | 19 (54) | 4 (11) | 0 (0) |
| Upper-middle income | 41 | 5 (12) | 15 (37) | 6 (15) | 5 (12) | 10 (24) | 13 (32) | 22 (54) | 6 (15) | 0 (0) | 10 (24) | 26 (63) | 5 (12) | 0 (0) |
| High income | 56 | 6 (11) | 8 (14) | 5 (9) | 5 (9) | 32 (57) | 2 (4) | 52 (93) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 6 (11) | 50 (89) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Data are n (%) of countries.
ISN, International Society of Nephrology; N/A, not available; NIS, newly independent states.