Including kidney cancer, kidney stones and chronic kidney disease.
- In 2008 in the UK, 3,838 people died of kidney cancer.
- Kidney stones affect 10 to 20% of all UK men and 3 to 5% of UK women.
- Most kidney stones occur in the 30 to 60 age range.
- 9% of all UK adults have chronic kidney disease.
- Your chances of developing polycystic kidney disease are around 1 in 1000.
- Around 50,000 people in UK have polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
- PKD most commonly occurs between the ages of 30 and 60.
- Nephrotic syndrome affects twice as many boys as girls.
- Nephrotic syndrome usually first occurs between the ages of 2 and 5 years old.