Chronic kidney disease deaths surge in Canada in last three decades, sparking calls for national framework
2025-11-30 from ctvnews.ca
Canada’s chronic kidney disease (CKD) mortality rate has risen by more than 70 per cent since 1990, even after adjusting for population growth and aging, according to new data from the Global Burden of Disease Study.
It’s a surge far outpacing global trends and prompting calls for a national framework to address what experts warn is a quiet but worsening crisis.
“We’re doing a good job of controlling some of the upstream drivers, major causes of kidney disease like high blood pressure and diabetes,” said Dr. Marcello Tonelli, a University of Calgary professor and president of the International Society of Nephrology.
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