March is National Kidney Month

Chronic Kidney Disease and You

Kidney disease is permanent kidney damage or decreased level of kidney function for three months or more. If Kidney disease is left untreated, it can lead to kidney failure. In the United States, 33% of adults are at risk for kidney disease, that’s one in three people according to the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.

Statistics:

• 37 million American adults (age 20+) have chronic kidney disease.
• More than a million Michigan adults (age 20+) have chronic kidney disease.
• 1 in 3 American adults, or 33%, is at risk for kidney disease.
• Black or African Americans are more than 3 times as likely and Hispanics or Latinos are 1.3 times more likely to have kidney failure compared to White Americans.
• More than 16,000 people are on dialysis in Michigan.
• As the incidence of obesity in children increases, so does the rate of type 2 diabetes, which is a leading cause of kidney failure.
• One in three kids born in 2000 will develop diabetes.
• 2,319 people were waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant in Michigan on February 5, 2026.

Sourced from National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.

Learn more about Kidney Disease from the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.