Maintenance dialysis throughout the world in years 1990 and 2010

B Thomas, S Wulf, B Bikbov, N Perico… - Journal of the …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Rapidly rising global rates of chronic diseases portend a consequent rise in ESRD. Despite
this, kidney disease is not included in the list of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
targeted by the United Nations for 25% reduction by year 2025. In an effort to accurately
report the trajectory and pattern of global growth of maintenance dialysis, we present the
change in prevalence and incidence from 1990 to 2010. Data were extracted from the
Global Burden of Disease 2010 epidemiologic database. The results are on the basis of an …