What is End-stage renal disease?
What is End-stage renal disease?
End-stage renal disease: Introduction
Types of End-stage renal disease:
Broader types of End-stage renal disease:
How many people get End-stage renal disease?
Prevalance of End-stage renal disease: 392,023 people in the USA 2001 (United States Renal Data System 2003 Annual Data Report, 2003)
Prevalance Rate of End-stage renal disease: approx 1 in 693 or 0.14% or 392,022 people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of End-stage renal disease: 89,252 new cases (NIDDK)
Incidence Rate of End-stage renal disease: approx 1 in 3,047 or 0.03% or 89,252 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of End-stage renal disease:
Period prevalence (1999): 424,179 people5
Resulting from these primary diseases:
Diabetes: 150,404
Hypertension:
100,169
Glomerulonephritis: 62,119
Incidence (new beneficiaries of treatment, 1999): 89,252
people5
Resulting from these primary diseases:
Diabetes: 38,160
Hypertension:
23,133
Glomerulonephritis: 8,038
Cystic kidney:
2,096
All other: 17,825
(Source: excerpt from
Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States: NIDDK)
Who gets End-stage renal disease?
Racial Information for End-stage renal disease: End-stage renal disease, which is disease of the kidney, is 2.8 times
higher among American Indians/Alaska Natives than whites. (Source: excerpt from Minority: NWHIC)
How serious is End-stage renal disease?
Complications of End-stage renal disease:
see complications of End-stage renal disease
Deaths for End-stage renal disease: 76,584 deaths in patients undergoing treatment in the USA 2001 (United States Renal Data System 2003 Annual Data Report, 2003)
What causes End-stage renal disease?
Causes of End-stage renal disease: see causes of End-stage renal disease
Risk factors for End-stage renal disease:
see
risk factors for End-stage renal disease
What are the symptoms of End-stage renal disease?
Symptoms of End-stage renal disease:
see symptoms of End-stage renal disease
Complications of End-stage renal disease:
see complications of End-stage renal disease
Can anyone else get End-stage renal disease?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of End-stage renal disease
End-stage renal disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for End-stage renal disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and End-stage renal disease.
How is it treated?
Treatments for End-stage renal disease:
see treatments for End-stage renal disease
Prevention of End-stage renal disease:
see prevention of End-stage renal disease
Research for End-stage renal disease:
see research for End-stage renal disease
Society issues for End-stage renal disease
Costs of End-stage renal disease: $22.8 billion in public and private spending for ESRD program costs in the USA 2001 (United States Renal Data System 2003 Annual Data Report, 2003)
Costs of End-stage renal disease: In 1994, the Federal Government spent about $9.3
billion on care for patients with ESRD. (Source: excerpt from End-Stage Renal Disease: NWHIC)
Cost statistics for End-stage renal disease:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and End-stage renal disease:
- About $9.3 billion in federal spending (NWHIC)
- End-stage renal program cost $22.8 billion in public and private spending in the US 2001 (United States Renal Data System, 2003, NIDDK)
- more statistics...»
Hospitalization statistics for End-stage renal disease:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and End-stage renal disease:
- End-stage renal disease resulted in 636,010 hospitalisations for dialysis related care in Australia 2001-02 (McDonald & Russ, 2003, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- End-stage renal disease resulted in 367,861 men hospitalised for dialysis related care in Australia 2001-02 (McDonald & Russ, 2003, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- End-stage renal disease resulted in 268,149 women hospitalised for dialysis related care in Australia 2001-02 (McDonald & Russ, 2003, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 11,601 people were hospitalised for kidney failure in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 44% of people hospitalised for kidney failure were women in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- more statistics...»
Medical procedure statistics for End-stage renal disease:
The following are statistics from various sources
about medical procedures and End-stage renal disease:
- 56,598 people with end-stage renal disease were waiting for kidney transplants in the US (United Network for Organ Sharing, 2003, NIDDK)
- 2,444 people with end-stage renal disease were waiting for kidney and pancreas transplants in the US (United Network for Organ Sharing, 2003, NIDDK)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by End-stage renal disease:
Organs and body systems related to End-stage renal disease include:
Name and Aliases of End-stage renal disease
Main name of condition: End-stage renal disease
Other names or spellings for End-stage renal disease:
ESRD
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