Incidence Statistics for Types of Kidney conditions
The information below shows a list of types of Kidney conditions,
with information as to the annual incidence of each of these types of Kidney conditions.
Estimates of the people affected each year are calculated based on the available statistics.
Incidence Statistics for Types of Kidney conditions
Disease | Incidence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Kidney conditions (overall) |
approx 1 in 106 or 0.94% or 2.6 million people in USA |
2,552,999 |
15 per 1000 (NHIS95: "kidney trouble")
|
| Kidney disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney stones |
approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA |
1,000,000 |
more than 1 million cases (1996, NIDDK)
|
| Glomerular Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Glomerulonephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Glomerulosclerosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney cancer |
approx 1 in 8,553 or 0.01% or 31,800 people in USA |
31,799 |
31,800 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); more than 28,000 cases annually in the United States
|
| Diabetic nephropathy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lupus nephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| end-stage renal disease |
approx 1 in 3,047 or 0.03% or 89,252 people in USA |
89,252 |
89,252 new cases (NIDDK)
|
| kidney failure |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acute kidney failure |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| IgA nephropathy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acute urinary conditions |
approx 1 in 32 or 3.09% or 8.4 million people in USA |
8,405,000 |
8.405 million new conditions (NIDDK)
|
| Urinary tract infections |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Urinary tract infections (child) |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pyelonephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| nephrotic syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Childhood nephrotic syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Goodpasture syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Nephrocalcinosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney cysts |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Simple kidney cysts |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| polycystic kidney disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Diabetes Insipidus |
approx 1 in 6,666 or 0.01% or 40,800 people in USA |
40,799 |
less than 15 per 100,000 hospitalized patients
|
| Autoimmune Diabetes Insipidus |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Alveolar Hydatid Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney Dialysis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Primary amyloidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Dialysis-related amyloidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hematuria |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Proteinuria |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Renal Tubular Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Renal carbuncle |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Renal osteodystrophy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Renal tuberculosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Tuberculosis |
approx 1 in 14,814 or 0.01% or 18,360 people in USA |
18,360 |
18,361 cases annually in the USA (1998); 8 million people worldwide develop active TB and 3 million die; 17,531 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); 5.50 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
|
| Tuberous sclerosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Vesicoureteral reflux |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Wegener's granulomatosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Wilms' tumor |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Wilson's Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Zellweger Syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Chronic kidney failure |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Nephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Nephropathy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney transplant |
approx 1 in 17,741 or 0.01% or 15,331 people in USA |
15,331 |
15,331 procedures in the USA 2001 (United States Renal Data System 2003 Annual Data Report, 2003)
|
Incidence Statistics for Kidney conditions
Incidence of Kidney conditions:
2.553 million cases (NIDDK)
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 106 or 0.94% or 2.6 million people in USA [
about data]
Incidence statistics about Kidney conditions:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Kidney conditions:
- Incidence statistics for congenital cases:
- 13 infants were born alive with cystic kidney disease in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
- 1 fetal deaths or still births occurred due to cystic kidney disease in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
- 6 cases of induced abortions occurred following prenatal diagnosis of cystic kidney disease in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
- Cystic kidney disease occurred in 6.8 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
Types of Kidney conditions
For more information about types of Kidney conditions,
refer to our section on types of Kidney conditions.
About incidence:
The medical term 'incidence' of Kidney conditions usually refers
to the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Kidney conditions.
Prevalence is a different medical disease measure that refers
to the estimated population
of people who are managing Kidney conditions at any given time (e.g. prevalence includes people who have had
a medical condition for a long time).
For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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