title: [Epidemiology of end-stage kidney failure in the Ile-de-France: a prospective cooperative study in 1998].
abstract: A prospective epidemiological study was conducted from January 1 to December 31, 1998 in the Ile-de-France district to determine the incidence and the prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and the characteristics of the patients. All nephrology and dialysis units of the Ile-de-France district participated in the study. The total number of ESRD patients requiring maintenance dialysis was 1155 (including 86 kidney graft failures and 29 children) for a total population of 10.7 millions inhabitants, or 108/10(6)/year. The incidence of new ESRD patients was 100/10(6)/year. The mean age of first-dialyzed, adult patients was 59.8 +/- 16.8 years, with 21.6% aged > or = 75 years. Vascular renal diseases accounted for 22.5% and diabetic nephropathy for 20.6%. As a whole, 36.5% of patients were referred to the nephrologist less than 6 months before starting dialysis. In the latter, the median duration of hospitalization was 28 days, compared to only 3 days in patients cared for by the nephrologist for at least 6 months. Prevalence of patients on maintenance dialysis in the Ile-de-France district grew from 417 to 433/10(6) from the beginning until the end of year 1998, an increment of 3.8%, with an increase in the number of patients treated out-center by self-care hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Département de néphrologie, Hôpital Necker, Paris.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jungers
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Choukroun
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taupin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labrunie
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Landais
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017211:Treatment Failure