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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: Katey on December 05, 2008, 07:54:32 AM

Title: Statistical questions
Post by: Katey on December 05, 2008, 07:54:32 AM

Does anyone know that stats of how many people are on dialysis in the US versus those not on it?  We had a fun discussion about it in dialysis yesterday and I told them I would ask the IHD members...thanks!!

Title: Re: Statistical questions
Post by: Zach on December 05, 2008, 08:20:40 AM

In 2006, there were 354,754 people on dialysis.

For more info than you will ever need (and want):
http://www.usrds.org/adr.htm

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Title: Re: Statistical questions
Post by: RightSide on December 05, 2008, 06:02:39 PM

And, based on the latest population figures for the United States, there are approximately 301 million people who are not on dialysis.   ;D