The national average number of patients who will die from kidney-related diseases between 2018 and 2022 13.2 per 100,000 peopleAccording to data from the National Institutes of Health.
Louisiana No.48 The average for all states excluding Puerto Rico and Washington, DC is 20.1 per 100,000 people Kidney disease-related deaths.
Parishes with more kidney disease-related deaths than others include: Iberville 36.3 deaths per 100,000 people Jefferson Davis 38.1 deaths per 100,000 people Richland The death rate per 100,000 people is 48.2.
Washington It’s 30.6. East Baton Rouge It’s 29.8. Allen 29.6. These parishes have the next highest kidney disease-related death rates in Louisiana.
Only six parishes in Louisiana are below the national average.: Natchitoches, Franklin, Pointe Coupee, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu.
On average from 2018 to 2022 1,088 deaths per year He died of kidney disease in Louisiana.
Kidney diseases included in this data include glomerular disease, renal failure, diseases caused by renal tubular dysfunction, atrophic kidneys of unknown cause, and small kidneys of unknown cause.
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