WITH as many as one in 10 people worldwide having chronic kidney disease (CDK), around 90% of sufferers are unaware of their condition, according to a new global report titled The Global Kidney Health Atlas presented at last week's World Congress of Nephrology in Mexico City.
Among high-income countries, Saudi Arabia and Belgium have the highest estimated CKD prevalence (24%), followed by Poland (18%), Germany (17%), the UK and Singapore (16%), the report reveals.
Norway and the Netherlands have the lowest estimates at 5%.
The USA's estimated prevalence is 14%, while Canada and Australia are roughly equal on an equally alarming 13%.
Globally, estimated CKD prevalence worldwide varies from 7% in South Asia and 8% in Africa to as high as 11% in North America and 12% in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Latin America.
Chief outcomes of CKD were described as cardiovascular disease, early progress to end-stage kidney disease and death, all of which create a high cost burden.
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