| ■ Chronic Kidney Disease Increases 16% in U.S. | 07.03.12 |
| Data from 1999 to 2004 showed that nearly 17 percent of American adults had chronic kidney disease, a 16 percent increase from 1988 to 1994, says an article published in Friday's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The article said that people over the age of 60, those with less than a high school education, and those with diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure were most likely to have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Blacks and Mexican Americans were more likely than whites to have CKD. The data in the article was taken from national health surveys conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which publishes the MMWR. The CDC is working to establish a CKD surveillance system and is sponsoring research to learn more about the health consequences, costs, and disabilities associated with CKD. |