According to data from the National Institutes of Health, the national average number of patients who died from kidney-related diseases between 2018 and 2022 was 13.2 per 100,000 people.
Louisiana ranks 48th among all states excluding Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., for kidney disease-related deaths, with an average of 20.1 deaths per 100,000 people.
The parishes with the highest rates of kidney disease-related deaths are Iberville with 36.3 deaths per 100,000 people, Jefferson Davis with 38.1 deaths per 100,000 people and Richland with 48.2 deaths per 100,000 people.
Washington at 30.6. East Baton Rouge at 29.8. Allen at 29.6. These parishes have the next highest kidney disease-related death rates in Louisiana.
Only six Louisiana parishes are below the national average: Natchitoches, Franklin, Pointe Coupee, Bossier, Caddo and Calcasieu.
Between 2018 and 2022, an average of 1,088 people died per year in Louisiana from kidney disease.
Kidney diseases included in this data include glomerular disease, renal failure, disease due to renal tubular dysfunction, atrophic kidneys of unknown cause, and small kidneys of unknown cause.
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