UK Renal Registry 19th Annual Report: Chapter 1 UK RRT Adult Incidence in 2015: National and Centre-specific Analyses

Abstract

The incidence rate in the UK increased from 115 per million population (pmp) in 2014 to 120 pmp in 2015 reflecting renal replacement therapy (RRT) initiation for 7,814 new patients. . There was an increase in incidence rate from 2014 to 2015 in each of the four countries of the UK. . The median age of all incident patients was 64.4 years but this was highly dependent on ethnicity (66.3 for White incident patients; 59.8 for non-White patients). . Diabetic renal disease remained the single most common cause of renal failure (27.5%). . By 90 days, 67.3% of patients were on haemodialysis (HD), 18.4% on peritoneal dialysis (PD), 8.6% had a functioning transplant (Tx) and 5.7% had died or stopped treatment. . The percentage of RRT patients at 90 days who had a functioning transplant varied between centres from 0% to 35% (between 7% and 35% for transplanting centres and between 0% and 13% for non-transplanting centres). . The mean eGFR at the start of RRT was 8.5ml/min/1.73 m2 similar to the previous five years. . Late presentation (,90 days) fell from 23.9% in 2006 to 16.4% in 2015.