Key Statistics on Kidney Disease

• Kidney disease affects approximately one out of every nine Americans - over 22 million, with another 20 million at risk.
• More people await kidney transplants than the combined waiting lists for all other types of organ transplants.
• Kidney disease is the eight leading cause of death in the United States.
• After the age of 35, everyone loses approximately 1% of their kidney function annually.
• Kidney stones affect over one million people annually.
• Nearly 88,000 people are on waiting lists for kidney transplants in the U.S.; but only 15,000 will receive transplants this year.
• 1,600 are currently on the waiting lists for kidney transplants in Pennsylvania .
• 8 people die everyday waiting for organ transplants.