Chronic kidney disease compendium

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Last updated: 22 Dec 2017

Author: AIHW

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The AIHW has developed core monitoring information on the prevalence, incidence, hospitalisation and deaths from CKD (including ESKD) in Australia that is updated on a regular basis on the AIHW website to ensure that the most up-to-date information and trends is easily accessible and available.

Cat. no: WEB 108

Findings from this report:

Half (50%) of all CKD deaths occur at age 85+ and 70% of CKD hospitalisations (excluding dialysis) occur at age 65+
An estimated 1 in 10 Australian adults (10%)—about 1.7 million people in 2011–12—had biomedical signs of CKD
There were 17,000 deaths with CKD as a cause of death in 2015
1.7 million hospitalisations were associated with CKD in 2015–16—16% of all hospitalisations in Australia

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