title: Basic description of the dialysis population of Kuwait: The 2015 data.
abstract: Kuwait has a small, relatively young population plagued with diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, making the risk of development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) very high. The total dialysis population of Kuwait in 2015 was 1720. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has divided the country into six health regions. The total number of dialysis population has been increasing slowly from 1600 in 2013 to 1650 in 2014 to 1720 in 2015, with 4% increase from 2014 to 2015. We describe some salient features among the dialysis population in Kuwait.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Division, Jahra Hospital, Al Jahra, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: AlSahow
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Farwaniya Hospital, Sabah Al Nasser, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Anas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: AlYousef
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Adan Hospital, Hadiya, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Bassam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: AlHelal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Monther
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: AlSharekh
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Division, Jahra Hospital, Al Jahra, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Ayaman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marzouq
mesh_terms: D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D007730:Kuwait; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic