Is There Decreasing Public Interest in Renal Transplantation? A Google TrendsTM Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Retrieving Transplantation Numbers for UNOS, ONT, and Eurotransplant
2.2. Retrieving Google TrendsTM Data on Kidney Transplantation
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Year. | World GT. | US GT. | US Tx. | UK GT. | UK Tx. | ESP GT. | ESP Tx. | B GT. | B Tx. | NL GT. | NL Tx. | GER GT. | GER Tx. | AUT GT. | AUT Tx. | SLO GT. | SLO Tx. | H GT. | H Tx. | CRO GT. | CRO Tx. |
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2004 | 76.3. | 68.4 | 22,655 | 33.25 | 1836. | 8.3 | 2125 | 21.5 | 235 | 49.3 | 520 | 52.4 | 1991 | 26.3 | 253 | 17.4 | 35 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2005 | 62.3 | 49.1 | 23,057 | 36.75 | 1783. | 0.0 | 2200 | 28.4 | 260 | 53.5 | 762 | 40.0 | 2165 | 36.6 | 255 | 14.8 | 20 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2006 | 50.8 | 37.6 | 23,530 | 30.67 | 1915. | 4.0 | 2157 | 18.6 | 324 | 32.8 | 752 | 31.5 | 2206 | 30.3 | 303 | 19.5 | 30 | 8.2 | 0 | 18.8 | 0 |
2007 | 41.6 | 33.8 | 22,677 | 20.58 | 2130. | 0.0 | 2211 | 16.9 | 338 | 32.4 | 968 | 36.7 | 2336 | 26.6 | 299 | 8.5 | 22 | 8.3 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 |
2008 | 41.8 | 29.8 | 22,489 | 15.00 | 2282. | 9.3 | 2229 | 11.6 | 325 | 31.3 | 1012 | 30.8 | 2257 | 26.9 | 273 | 9.2 | 34 | 3.3 | 0 | 4.7 | 46 |
2009 | 40.3 | 32.6 | 23,216 | 16.08 | 2495. | 5.7 | 2328 | 13.3 | 335 | 31.8 | 1036 | 28.4 | 2317 | 22.8 | 331 | 9.0 | 31 | 7.4 | 0 | 10.2 | 57 |
2010 | 35.1 | 24.1 | 23,178 | 14.00 | 2694. | 5.3 | 2225 | 12.4 | 313 | 31.8 | 1151 | 28.7 | 2512 | 17.8 | 300 | 8.2 | 38 | 2.8 | 0 | 11.2 | 70 |
2011 | 33.1 | 25.7 | 22,589 | 11.83 | 2686. | 10.3 | 2498 | 10.1 | 338 | 33.3 | 1091 | 32.6 | 2660 | 13.2 | 293 | 9.0 | 29 | 3.7 | 0 | 8.3 | 47 |
2012 | 28.2 | 21.9 | 22,106 | 10.50 | 2799. | 9.8 | 2551 | 10.6 | 373 | 37.5 | 1215 | 30.0 | 2471 | 17.2 | 307 | 8.8 | 39 | 3.8 | 13 | 9.6 | 57 |
2013 | 25.4 | 19.6 | 22,629 | 8.67 | 3001. | 8.0 | 2552 | 8.9 | 361 | 33.9 | 1273 | 30.8 | 2241 | 17.7 | 321 | 8.5 | 40 | 3.8 | 120 | 7.5 | 46 |
2014 | 25.9 | 16.2 | 22,646 | 9.58 | 3259. | 8.9 | 2678 | 8.0 | 353 | 35.1 | 1321 | 33.5 | 2021 | 15.0 | 336 | 8.3 | 37 | 3.9 | 276 | 8.7 | 57 |
2015 | 27.9 | 20.2 | 23,506 | 7.50 | 3121. | 9.3 | 2905 | 10.5 | 374 | 28.2. | 1280. | 30.0 | 2089 | 12.3 | 305 | 10.7 | 43 | 3.1 | 242 | 8.3 | 53 |
2016 | 25.8 | 17.6 | 24,689 | 8.50 | 3268. | 8.9 | 2997 | 6.1 | 380 | 28.8 | 1348 | 29.5 | 1957 | 14.3 | 324 | 11.5 | 35 | 3.9 | 238 | 6.8 | 52 |
2017 | 26.3 | 15.1 | 25,660 | 9.75 | 3351. | 11.0 | 3269 | 8.7 | 386 | 30.5 | 1329 | 34.2 | 1814 | 12.7 | 330 | 10.8 | 32 | 2.8 | 218 | 8.0 | 50 |
2018 | 25.4 | 17.0 | 27,609 | 7.58 | 3608. | 10.1 | 3313 | 8.1 | 373 | 37.8 | 1274 | 30.7 | 2130 | 12.9 | 320 | 11.2 | 37 | 2.6 | 244 | 8.8 | 43 |
Change (%). | −66.7 | −75.1 | +21.9. | −77.2 | +196.5 | +21.7 | +55.9 | −62.3 | +58.7 | −23.3 | +245.0 | −41.4 | +7.0 | −51.0 | +26.5 | −35.6 | +5.7 | −68.7 | - | - | - |
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Kronbichler, A.; Effenberger, M.; Shin, J.I.; Koppelstätter, C.; Denicolò, S.; Rudnicki, M.; Neuwirt, H.; Soler, M.J.; Stevens, K.; Bruchfeld, A.; et al. Is There Decreasing Public Interest in Renal Transplantation? A Google TrendsTM Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041048
Kronbichler A, Effenberger M, Shin JI, Koppelstätter C, Denicolò S, Rudnicki M, Neuwirt H, Soler MJ, Stevens K, Bruchfeld A, et al. Is There Decreasing Public Interest in Renal Transplantation? A Google TrendsTM Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(4):1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041048
Chicago/Turabian StyleKronbichler, Andreas, Maria Effenberger, Jae Il Shin, Christian Koppelstätter, Sara Denicolò, Michael Rudnicki, Hannes Neuwirt, Maria José Soler, Kate Stevens, Annette Bruchfeld, and et al. 2020. "Is There Decreasing Public Interest in Renal Transplantation? A Google TrendsTM Analysis" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 4: 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041048