Dialysis Statistics

There were estimated to be 1.2 million dialysis patients worldwide in 2002. Based on an average annual growth rate of 6%, there are now around 1.5 million dialysis patients. Here are some figures we have collected for each country.

† Estimate based on available data

EDTA 2003

(source EDTA pdf) Figures in 0 are not available

USA by Region 2002

(Source USRD pdf)

National Registries

• Australian New Zealand Registry (ANZDATA)
• Österreichisches Dialyse und Transplantations Register (OEDTR) (Austria)
• Nederlandstalige Belgische Vereniging voor Nefrologie (NBVN) (Belgium)
• The Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation in Bosnia and Herzegovina Registry (UNDT) (Bosnia HR)
• Brazilian Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Registries - latest update 1997
• Canadian Registry (CHCI) (Canada)
• Munuais- ja Siirtopotilaiden Liitto Ry (Finland)
• Registre de Dialyse Péritonéale de Langue Française - néphrologie - dialyse (RDPLF) (France)
• Le Réseau Epidémiologie et Information en Néphrologie (REIN) (France)
• QuaSi-Niere (Germany)
• Registro Italiano di Dialisi e Trapianto (RIDT) (Italy)
• National Renal Registry (NRR) (Malaysia)
• Registratie Nierfunktievervanging Nederland (RENINE) (Netherlands)
• The Norwegian Renal Registry (Norway)
• Scottish Renal Registry (Scotland)
• l'Organització Catalana de Trasplantaments (OCATT) (Spain - Catalonia)
• Svenskt Register för Aktiv Uremivård (SRAU) (Sweden)
• Türk Nefroloji Derneği - Registry Raporları (Turkey)
• United Kingdom Renal Registry (UK)
• United States Renal Data System (USA)

International Registries

• European Dialysis and Transplant Association Registry (EDTA)
• International Federation of Renal Registries (IFRR) -Note: Latest figures are for 2000