Title: Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease | National Kidney Foundation
Headings: Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease
Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease
Change the Face of Kidney Disease
What is kidney disease?
Can anyone get kidney disease?
Why are minority populations at greater risk for kidney disease?
How does healthcare access play a role?
What can I do to prevent kidney disease?

Content: Nearly 1 in 4 Hispanics or Lations has high blood pressure and most do not know that high blood pressure can cause kidney disease. How does healthcare access play a role? Minority populations may have less access to healthcare than other Americans. For example, studies found that about one-third of Hispanics or Latinos, 20% Blacks or African Americans, and nearly 1 out of 3 American Indians and Alaska Natives were uninsured. Many people from minority populations do not even know they have kidney disease until it's in the latest stages. By then it is too late to slow or stop the kidney damage from getting worse. What can I do to prevent kidney disease? First, see if you are at risk by taking our one-minute quiz at MinuteForYourKidneys.org. Not all minorities will get kidney disease. And not everyone who has diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, older age, or a family history of kidney failure will get it.