Global Study Estimates India Had Second Highest Chronic Kidney Disease Cases In 2023
Published on: Nov. 8, 2025, 11:25 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Nov 8: India had the second-highest number of people with chronic kidney disease in 2023 at 138 million, following China at 152 million, according to a global study published in The Lancet journal. The condition was the ninth-leading cause of death and claimed nearly 15 lakh lives globally the same year, researchers led by those at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington and other institutes in the US and UK […]
