As the population ages and as other at-risk populations increase, ESRD incidence is sharply on the rise. The U.S. incidence rate is the highest in the world -- 210 per million. While dialysis and improved treatments keep most ESRD patients alive far longer than we were able to just two decades ago, these developments also mean that more people are living with this debilitating and costly disease.

Kidney Disease General Reference Sites

National Kidney Foundation
http://www.kidney.org/kidneyDisease/

United States Renal Data
http://www.usrds.org

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kustats/index.htm

United Network for Organ Sharing
http://www.unos.org/data/

American Society for Nephrology
http://www.asn-online.org/facts_and_statistics/factsStatisticsOne.aspx

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/kidbladd.htm"

Life Options Rehabilitation Program
http://www.lifeoptions.org

Kidney School™
http://www.kidneyschool.org

Home Dialysis Central
http://www.homedialysis.org

Kidney School™ Module 9: Nutrition and Fluids for People on Dialysis
http://www.kidneyschool.org/mod_09/mod09_01.shtml

Home Dialysis Central database
http://www.homedialysis.org/v1/centers/search.php