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: It takes just a minute to take our Kidney Risk Quiz and find out if you are at risk for developing kidney disease. Why are minority populations at greater risk for kidney disease? Some minority populations are more likely to have diabetes as compared to White Americans. In fact, 13% of Black or African Americans adults and 13.2% of Hispanic or Latino adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. American Indians and Alaska Natives are twice as likely to have diabetes as White Americans. Having diabetes can lead to kidney disease and kidney failure. The rates of kidney failure caused by diabetes have doubled in Asian Americans ages 30-39 between 2000-2010. Diabetes also causes kidney failure more often in Hispanics or Latinos than in White Americans. High blood pressure is also a serious problem for minorities. High blood pressure strikes more than 1 out of 3 Blacks or African Americans, one of the highest rates in the world.