How Common is Chronic Kidney Disease?

• Chronic kidney disease is a growing health problem in the United States. A report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) determined that 16.8% of all adults above the age of 20 years have chronic kidney disease. Thus, one in six individuals have kidney disease, and over 400,000 patients are on dialysis or have received kidney transplants. About 67,000 people die each year because of kidney failure.
  
  
• The prevalence of chronic kidney disease has increased by 16% from the previous decade. The increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, and an aging population have led to this increase in kidney disease.
  
  
• Chronic kidney disease is more prevalent among individuals above 60 years of age (39.4%).
  
  
• Kidney disease is more common among Hispanic, African American, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Native American people.