"Over the past decade the number of people with kidney failure doubled and the number starting dialysis or having a first kidney transplant increased by 50 percent, so that more than 400,000 Americans are now being treated for kidney failure at a cost of $25 billion annually...."
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health
Public Health News Center
December 16, 2004 |
"More than 20 million Americans, 1
in 9 adults, have CKD (chronic
kidney disease).
More than 20 million other are at increased risk...."
Kidney Learning System
National Kidney Foundation
2005 |