This indicator provides the number of all incident patients (new patients) with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who began renal replacement therapy (RRT) for the first time in the calendar year.
Increasing incidence rates over time have important implications for resources, disease management and the need for kidney donation.
Data availability:
to (calendar years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories except Quebec
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory
Calculation
Counts and rates are based on patients registered during a given calendar year in a Canadian facility. Patients who began RRT for ESKD outside of Canada but are subsequently treated in Canada are included in prevalence counts but not incidence counts.
Denominator
Canadian population
Numerator
Patients registered in the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR) who started RRT for ESKD
Comments
Not applicable