TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Renal and Urinary Tract Disease A1 - Hegeman, Rebecca L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2017 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e AB - With over 50 million individuals worldwide having chronic kidney disease (CKD), a well recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease, CKD is emerging as a worldwide public health problem.1 As countries develop and industrialize, diseases related to infections, crowding, and poor nutrition recede, and chronic disease associated with affluence, aging, overnutrition, medical interventions, drugs, addictions, and other exposures becomes prominent. While diseases of westernized societies are the main focus of this chapter, globalization has contributed to an increasing rate of noncommunicable chronic disease worldwide. In 2003 it was estimated that 60% of deaths worldwide would be due to noncommunicable diseases, with 16 million deaths resulting from cardiovascular disease and 1 million deaths from diabetes.2 Thus, the information in this chapter pertains to an ever widening circle of communities. With ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease now listed as the number one and two causes of death worldwide, it is very probable that renal disease related to vascular disease will become more prevalent. In addition the increase in the prevalence of diabetes virtually assures that chronic kidney disease will continue to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141961086 ER -