Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Chronic kidney disease: Australian facts, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 March 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Chronic kidney disease: Australian facts. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease
Chronic kidney disease: Australian facts. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 09 February 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic kidney disease: Australian facts [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2023 [cited 2023 Mar. 23]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2023, Chronic kidney disease: Australian facts, viewed 23 March 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease
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Chronic kidney disease: Australian facts provides key information for monitoring chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Australian population, focussing on CKD risk factors, treatment and impact. Incidence, prevalence, hospitalisation and mortality are described with additional analysis of priority population groups.
2 million hospitalisations recorded CKD as a diagnosis in 2020–21 – 17% of all hospitalisations in Australia
In 2020, 27,700 people with kidney failure received kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in Australia
In 2020, 14,600 people with kidney failure received dialysis and 885 kidney transplant operations were performed
Chronic kidney disease contributed to around 17,700 deaths – 11% of all deaths in Australia in 2020
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