Prevalence Statistics for Types of Kidney conditions
Prevalence Statistics for Types of Kidney conditions
The information below shows a list of types of Kidney conditions,
with information as to the prevalence of each of these types.
Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.
| Disease | Prevalence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Kidney conditions (overall) |
approx 1 in 66 or 1.50% or 4.1 million people in USA |
4,080,000 |
15 per 1000 (NHIS95: "kidney trouble")
|
| Kidney disease |
approx 1 in 36 or 2.72% or 7.4 million people in USA |
7,399,999 |
7.4 million adults in the USA 1988-94 (American Journal of Kidney Disease)
|
| Kidney stones |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Glomerular Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Glomerulonephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Glomerulosclerosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Diabetic nephropathy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lupus nephritis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| end-stage renal disease |
approx 1 in 693 or 0.14% or 392,022 people in USA |
392,022 |
392,023 people in the USA 2001 (United States Renal Data System 2003 Annual Data Report, 2003)
|
| kidney failure |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acute kidney failure |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| IgA nephropathy |
approx 1 in 4,428 or 0.02% or 61,422 people in USA |
61,422 |
61,423 people in the USA 1996 1
|
| Acute urinary conditions |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Urinary tract infections |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Urinary tract infections (child) |
approx 1 in 33 or 3.00% or 8.2 million people in USA |
8,160,000 |
3% of girls and 1% of boys before age 11
|
| 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 |
rare.
|
| 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 |
approx 1 in 453 or 0.22% or 600,000 people in USA |
600,000 |
600,000 Americans
|
| Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
approx 1 in 503 or 0.20% or 540,000 people in USA |
539,999 |
540,000 Americans approximately (90% of PKD)
|
| Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease |
approx 1 in 20,000 or 0.00% or 13,600 people in USA |
13,599 |
estimated 1 per 20,000 - 40,000 people suffer from the autosomal recessive type of polycystic kidney disease, Genetics Home Reference website
|
| Diabetes Insipidus |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autoimmune Diabetes Insipidus |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Alveolar Hydatid Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Kidney Dialysis |
approx 1 in 946 or 0.11% or 287,493 people in USA |
287,493 |
287,494 people in the USA 2001 (United States Renal Data System 2003 Annual Data Report, 2003)
|
| 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 |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Tuberous sclerosis |
approx 1 in 10,000 or 0.01% or 27,200 people in USA |
27,199 |
less than 1 in 10,000
|
| Vesicoureteral reflux |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Wegener's granulomatosis |
N/A |
N/A |
uncommon
|
| Wilms' tumor |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Wilson's Disease |
approx 1 in 30,000 or 0.00% or 9,066 people in USA |
9,066 |
approximately 1 per 30,000 people suffer from Wilson disease, Genetics Home Reference website
|
| Zellweger Syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
rare
|
| 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 |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
Prevalence Statistics for Kidney conditions
Prevalance of Kidney conditions:
15 per 1000 (NHIS95: "kidney trouble")
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 66 or 1.50% or 4.1 million people in USA [
about data]
Prevalance of Kidney conditions:
2.553 million conditions (in the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
(Source: excerpt from
Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States: NIDDK)
Types of Kidney conditions
For more information about types of Kidney conditions,
refer to our section on types of Kidney conditions.
About prevalence:
The medical term 'prevalence' of Kidney conditions usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Kidney conditions at any given time,
whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Kidney conditions is called the 'incidence'.
For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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