Estimating the Total Incidence of Kidney Failure in Australia Including Individuals Who Are Not Treated by Dialysis or Transplantation

摘要: Background To date, incidence data for kidney failure in Australia have been available only those who start renal replacement therapy (RRT). Information about the total of failure, including non–RRT-treated cases, is important to help understand burden community and characteristics patients die without receiving treatment. Study Design Data linkage study national observational sets. Setting & Participants All incident treated cases recorded New Zealand Dialysis Transplant Registry (ANZDATA) probabilistically linked untreated derived from death registration 2003-2007. Predictor Age, sex, year. Outcomes Kidney a combination RRT or attributed (without RRT). Measurements Total (treated untreated) treatment rates. Results There were 21,370 The rate was 20.9/100,000 population (95% CI, 18.3-24.0) significantly higher among older people males (26.1/100,000 population; 95% 22.5-30.0) compared with females (17.0/100,000 14.9-19.2). similars number (10,949) (10,421) but rates influenced highly by age. More than 90% all age groups between 5 60 years treated, this percentage decreased sharply people; 4% persons 85 (ORs no 115 [95% 118-204] men ≥80 400 301-531] women Limitations Cross-sectional design, reliance on accurate coding data. Conclusions Almost Australians develop at younger receive RRT, decrease substantially above that