In the United States alone, 1 in 8 adults have chronic kidney disease.
- American Society of Nephrology

More than 25% of all Medicare expenditures—approximately $49 billion—were for kidney disease and its complications in 2006.
- Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch.

African Americans are nearly four times more likely than Caucasians to develop kidney failure.
- National Institute of Health

The most common causes of kidney failure are diabetes and high blood pressure, together accounting for about 70 percent of new cases.
- National Institute of Health

Medicare costs for kidney disease are almost $72,000 per patient annually.
- Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch

Nearly 85,000 Americans die with kidney failure each year.
- American Kidney Fund

African Americans make up about 12 percent of the population but account for 32 percent of people with kidney failure.
- National Institute of Health

In America, 13% of adults have chronic kidney disease.
- American Medical Association

In 2006, kidney disease was the 9th leading cause of death.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The number of people diagnosed with kidney disease has doubled during each of the last two decades.
- American Society of Nephrology

Currently, approximately 485,000 Americans have been diagnosed with kidney failure and require ongoing, expensive, and life-altering treatments—such as dialysis or transplantation—to stay alive.
- American Society of Nephrology

In 2006, the number of deaths in the United States from nephritis (inflammation of the kidney), nephritic syndrome (a nonspecific kidney disorder), and nephrosis (kidney disease) was 45,344.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In 2008 in the U.S., 77,675 people were on the transplant list awaiting a kidney.
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Among new patients whose kidney failure was caused by high blood pressure, more than half (51.2 percent) are African-American, and of those whose kidney failure was caused by diabetes, almost one third (31.3 percent) are African-American.
- National Institute of Health

The annual costs of treating end stage renal disease (ESRD, or complete kidney failure) in the U.S. are currently $32 billion. The number of people with ESRD is expected to escalate to 785,000 by the year 2020, up from 380,000 in the year 2000.
- American Society of Nephrology