Key takeaways:

The global prevalence of kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant rose from 1.6 million in 1990 to 4.6 million in 2023.

Type 2 diabetes and hypertension were the leading drivers of kidney failure.

Worldwide prevalence of kidney failure requiring dialysis nearly tripled since 1990 to reach 4.6 million cases in 2023, according to results of the Global Burden of Disease study 2023.

Researchers reported differences in the number of diagnoses across regions, as well as between men and women. The analysis also found that type 2 diabetes and hypertension were the leading drivers of kidney failure with replacement therapy (KFRT) worldwide, accounting for the largest increase of the kidney failure burden in 3 decades, according to researcher Quinn Rafferty, MS, a fellow

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