Kidney disease profile shifts: Diabetes-linked CKD rises as overall US rate stalls

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, largely silent and serious.

Most people who have the condition do not realize they have it, while it sharply raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and early death.

Over the past decade, the share of American adults living with CKD has remained consistent.

Roughly 1 in 7 U.S. adults—about 15%—had CKD in 2013, and approximately 1 in 7 still had it in 2023.

What has changed is the type of kidney disease. ...