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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the death rate for people on dialysis — CKD‑10

Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
200.6 deaths per 1,000 patient years (2021)

Target:
117.2 per 1,000 1

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
170.0 deaths per 1,000 patient years occurred among patients on dialysis in 2016 2

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Reduce the death rate for persons on dialysis

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Data Source:  United States Renal Data System (USRDS), NIH/NIDDK

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Summary

End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) often causes disability and early death — and it’s associated with high health care costs. People with ESKD who get a kidney transplant are likely to live longer than ESKD patients on dialysis. Increasing kidney transplant rates, managing heart disease, and decreasing the use of catheters for dialysis can reduce the risk of death in people with ESKD.

Topics:  Chronic Kidney Disease, Health Care

Workgroup: Chronic Kidney Disease Workgroup

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1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.