Facts & Figures of
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Your kidneys' primary function is to filter and excrete waste products. To find out how well your kidneys are doing, we measure the quantity of waste that circulates in your blood.

This is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working by estimating how much waste is in your blood. The more waste products in your blood the lower the filtration rate.

Causes

The two main causes of CKD are diabetes and high blood pressure, which are responsible for up to two-thirds of all cases.

Immune and inherited causes, as well as other reasons, are responsible for the rest.

Video Gallery

Different Risk Levels

The following videos provide additional information about different levels of Kidney Failure Risk.

Very Low Risk

Low risk

High/Medium Risk

people in the UK have CKD stage 3a to 5.....meaning more than 3.6 million people have the condition

people in the UK over the age of 65 have some form of CKD.

people with diabetes and 70 in 100 people with high blood pressure in the UK don't have their urine protein(ACR) checked on an annual basis.

Kidney Failure Risk Equation

Using the patient's Urine, Sex, Age and eGFR, the kidney failure risk equation provides the 2 and 5 year probability of treated kidney failure for a potential patient with CKD stage 3a to 5.

The equation has been validated in more than 30 countries worldwide, including the UK, making it the most accurate and efficient way of finding out an individual's risk of needing dialysis or a kidney transplant.