UK Renal Registry 11th Annual Report (December 2008): Chapter 1 Summary of findings in the 2008 UK Renal Registry Report

In 2007, all but one UK renal centre provided electronic data extracts to the UK Renal Registry. In the UK, the acceptance rate in 2007 was 109 per million population (pmp) compared to 111 pmp in 2006. Acceptance rates in England (107 pmp), Scotland (108 pmp) and Northern Ireland (105 pmp) have fallen slightly, whilst that in Wales (140 pmp) has risen. The median age of all incident patients was 64.1 yrs and for non-Whites 57.1 yrs. Diabetic renal disease remained the single most common cause of renal failure (21.9%). By 90 days, 67.4% of patients were on HD, 21.3% on PD, 5.2% were transplanted and 6.1% had died or stopped treatment. The incidence of late presentation ( 1.8mmol/ L and 50% an iPTH >32 pmol/L. These patients were less likely to achieve the UK Standards in comparison to CKD5 dialysis patients. In the incident RRT cohort, 52% had one or more comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease were the most common conditions seen in 28.9% and 22.5% of patients respectively. Comorbidities were more common inWhites and were associated with a greater likelihood of starting on HD (rather than PD). In multivariable survival analysis, malignancy and ischaemic/neuropathic ulcers were the strongest predictors of poor survival. The 2006 unadjusted 1 year after 90 day survival for patients starting RRT was 86%. In incident 18–64 year olds the unadjusted 1 year survival has risen from 85.9% in 1997 to 91.5% in 2006 and for those aged