Global, Regional, and National Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease

Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 – The Lancet (free)

News Release: Chronic kidney disease a ‘global killer in plain sight’ – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

Commentaries: The global burden of chronic kidney disease – The Lancet (free) AND Chronic kidney disease killing millions worldwide – News Medical (free) AND Chronic kidney disease kills more than 1M people annually worldwide – UPI (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW #GBDStudy provides latest data for global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017. In 2017, 1·2 million people died from chronic #kidneydisease, with global all-age mortality rate rising 41.5% between 1990 and 2017 @IHME_UW https://t.co/pxWenSGBfJ pic.twitter.com/nT0VQltWsj

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 14, 2020