Statistics about Kidney conditions

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Kidney conditions:

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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]

Incidence (annual) 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 extrapolations for USA for Kidney conditions: 2,552,999 per year, 212,749 per month, 49,096 per week, 6,994 per day, 291 per hour, 4 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 2.553 million cases (NIDDK)

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)

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)
• more about incidence...»

Kidney conditions Prevalence: Book Excerpts

• Causes and incidence - Polycystic kidney disease
• Causes and incidence - Kidney cancer
• Causes and incidence - Medullary sponge kidney
• Causes and incidence - Chronic renal failure

Death and mortality statistics for Kidney conditions:

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

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Kidney conditions: 35,525 per year, 2,960 per month, 683 per week, 97 per day, 4 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 35,525 deaths reported in USA 1999 for nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (NVSR Sep 2001)

Death statistics for Kidney conditions:

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and 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]
  • kidney diseases caused 1.7% of deaths for age 75-84 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
  • kidney diseases caused 1.7% of deaths for age 85 and over in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
• more about deaths...»

Average life years lost for Kidney conditions: 13.3 for nephritis/nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis in North Carolina¹.

Society statistics for Kidney conditions

Cost statistics for Kidney conditions:

The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Kidney conditions:

• Estimated $579,082,000 spent in public hospitals on kidney and urinary tract disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Estimated $205,701,000 spent in public hospitals on kidney and urinary tract disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Kidney conditions. The term 'prevalence' of Kidney conditions usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Kidney conditions at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Kidney conditions refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Kidney conditions diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes: 1. Years of Potential Life Lost in North Carolina, NCMJ March/April 2002, Volume 63, Number 2

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