Healthy People 2020 Chronic Kidney Objectives

An estimated 11.5% of adults ages 20 or older had physiological evidence of CKD determined from data collected through the 1999-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Each year in the U.S., more than 100,000 people are diagnosed with kidney failure, the final stage of the chronic kidney disease (CKD). Reflecting the importance of CKD, eight CKD objectives area were included as a new focus area in the national health goals to reduce new cases of CKD and its complications, disability, death, and economic costs in Healthy People (HP) 2010.

After the revision of the objectives by the HP 2020 working group, all HP 2010 objectives were retained with modifications and 6 new HP 2020 objectives were proposed. New objectives are devoted to improve cardiovascular care in patients with CKD; increase proportion of patients with CKD and diabetes who received recommended evaluation and treatment; reduce the death rate and percentage of U.S. population with CKD; and increase CKD awareness in persons with impaired renal faction. In addition to the US Renal Data System, NHANES and National Death Index will provide baseline and tracking data for new HP 2020 objectives.

As a result of these efforts the HP 2020 CKD topic area has been developed and CKD objectives were reviewed by Federal Interagency Workgroup and by the public. The HP 2020 launch is scheduled for late 2010. The presentation will describe the HP 2020 development process, revisions, modifications of HP 2010 objectives, and introduce the new HP 2020 CKD objectives.