Prognosis of Kidney disease

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Kidney disease: 35,525 annual deaths due to nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (NVSR Sep 2001)

Cause of death rank: 8th leading cause of death in 1999 and 2000 is "nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis" (CDC)

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

• Deaths: 35,525 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 35,525 annual deaths due to nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (NVSR Sep 2001))
• Incidence: 7,399,999 (USA prevalence calculated from this data: 7.4 million adults in the USA 1988-94 (American Journal of Kidney Disease)
• 0.48% (ratio of deaths to prevalence).
• See also Deaths and Kidney disease and Overview of Kidney disease.

Complications:

Complications of Kidney disease may include:

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

See also complications of Kidney disease.

Death Statistics for Kidney disease

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

• 39,480 people died from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 13.9 people per 100,000 population died from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• Kidney disease was ranked the ninth leading cause of death in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 60,000 deaths in the USA (Kidney and Urology Foundation of America)
• 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]
• more death statistics...»

Kidney disease: Research More

• Kidney disease: Introduction
• Deaths: Kidney disease
• Symptoms: Kidney disease
• Complications: Kidney disease
• Causes: Kidney disease
• Treatments: Kidney disease

About prognosis:

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

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