Kidney Disease of Diabetes On this page: - The Burden of Kidney
Failure - The Course of Kidney Disease - Diagnosis of CKD -
Effects of High Blood Pressure - Preventing and Slowing Kidney
Disease - Dialysis and Transplantation - Good Care Makes a
Difference - Points to Remember - Hope through Research - For
More Information The Burden of Kidney Failure Each year in the
United States, more than 100,000 people are diagnosed with
kidney failure, a serious condition in which the kidneys fail to
rid the body of wastes.1 Kidney failure is the final stage of
chronic kidney disease (CKD). Diabetes is the most common cause
of kidney failure, accounting for nearly 44 percent of new
cases.1 Even when diabetes is controlled, the disease can lead
to CKD and kidney failure. Most people with diabetes do not
develop CKD that is severe enough to progress to kidney failure.
Nearly 24 million people in the United States have diabetes, 2
and nearly 180,000 people are living with kidney failure as a
result of diabetes.1 People wit