Prognosis of Kidney conditions

Life Expectancy and Survival Rates

Average life years lost from Kidney conditions: 13.3 for nephritis/nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis in North Carolina¹. ...see also deaths and Kidney conditions

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Kidney conditions: 35,525 deaths reported in USA 1999 for nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (NVSR Sep 2001)

Estimated mortality rate for Kidney conditions from prevalence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 35,525 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 35,525 deaths reported in USA 1999 for nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (NVSR Sep 2001))
• Incidence: 4,080,000 (USA prevalence calculated from this data: 15 per 1000 (NHIS95: "kidney trouble")
• 0.87% (ratio of deaths to prevalence).
• See also Deaths and Kidney conditions and Overview of Kidney conditions.

Estimated mortality rate for Kidney conditions from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 35,525 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 35,525 deaths reported in USA 1999 for nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (NVSR Sep 2001))
• Incidence: 2,552,999 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 2.553 million cases (NIDDK)
• 1.4% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Kidney conditions and Overview of Kidney conditions.

Complications:

Complications of Kidney conditions may include:

• Kidney failure (type of Kidney disease)
• Anemia
• Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA) - from dialysis treatment
• Vitamin D deficiency
• Excessive serum phosphorus
• more complications...»

See also complications of Kidney conditions.

Death Statistics for Kidney conditions

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Kidney conditions:

• Deaths statistics by age in the USA for kidney diseases:
  • kidney diseases caused 1.5% of deaths for any age in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
  • kidney diseases caused 1.2% of deaths for age 55-64 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
  • kidney diseases caused 1.7% of deaths for age 65 and over years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
  • kidney diseases caused 1.5% of deaths for age 65-74 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
• more death statistics...»

Kidney conditions: Research More

• Kidney conditions: Introduction
• Deaths: Kidney conditions
• Symptoms: Kidney conditions
• Complications: Kidney conditions
• Causes: Kidney conditions

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Kidney conditions usually refers to the likely outcome of Kidney conditions. The prognosis of Kidney conditions may include the duration of Kidney conditions, chances of complications of Kidney conditions, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Kidney conditions, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Kidney conditions. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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