Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Chronic kidney disease prevalence among Australian adults over time, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 April 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Chronic kidney disease prevalence among Australian adults over time. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic kidney disease prevalence among Australian adults over time. AIHW, 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic kidney disease prevalence among Australian adults over time. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Chronic kidney disease prevalence among Australian adults over time, AIHW, Canberra.
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, costly and often detected too late to be reversible but it is largely preventable. This report compares the most reliable national estimates of the prevalence of CKD to date from two national surveys, incorporating biomedical testings that were undertaken 12 years apart: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab) and the 2011–12 National Health Measurement Survey (NHMS).
There was no change in the overall adjusted prevalence rate of CKD between 1999–2000 and 2011–12
The number of Australians with stages 3–5 CKD increased significantly between 1999–2000 and 2011–12
The proportion of Australians aged 65–74 with CKD was 3 times higher than for those ages 55–64
The number of Australians with moderate to severe loss of kidney function has nearly doubled between 1999–2000 & 2011–12
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) refers to all conditions of the kidney, lasting at least 3 months, affecting the filtration and removal of waste from the blood by the kidneys (indicating kidney dysfunction), and/or leakage of protein or albumin in the urine (indicating kidney damage). CKD is common, costly and often detected too late to be reversible, but it is largely preventable because many of its risk factors are modifiable (Cass et al. 2010; Wyld et al. 2015). Over the past few decades, some of these risk factors, including diabetes and obesity, have increased in prevalence and the increase in size of the elderly population (as people are living longer) has exposed more people to the risk of CKD. Other risk factors, such as smoking, have decreased. But until now there has been little information on whether or how CKD prevalence has changed over time.
This report compares, for the first time, the most reliable national estimates of the prevalence of CKD to date from two national surveys, incorporating biomedical testings that were undertaken 12 years apart: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab) and the 2011–12 National Health Measurement Survey (NHMS). This comparison was possible after a number of adjustments were made to the scope (age), the biomedical measures and the sampling methodology (ABS 2013; Dunstan et al. 2002). As well, the overall CKD prevalence rates were adjusted for sex and age differences between the two survey populations.
End matter: Glossary; Acknowledgements; References
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