Kideny Disease patients USA stats12 Jul 2019 13:24
and this is from the year 2000
Prevalence of Kidney Stones
The lifetime incidence of kidney stones is nearly 13 percent in men and 7 percent in women. Once an individual has formed a stone, the likelihood of recurrence is 50 percent or greater at five years and up to 80 percent at 10 years.
Inpatient hospital stays: For the year 2000 it is estimated that 177,496 adults 20 years or older were admitted to the hospital with "calculus of kidney and ureters" as a primary diagnosis.
Physician office and hospital outpatient visits combined: For the year 2000 there were approximately 2,000,000 visits by adults 20 years and older with "calculus of kidney and ureters" as a listed diagnosis. In the same year there were approximately 2,700,000 visits by adults 20 years and older with "urolithasis listed as diagnosis.
Cost: $2.07 billion was expended for evaluation and treatment in the year 2000.
Source: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse