The national average number of patients who died from a kidney-related disease between 2018 and 2022 was 13.2 per 100,000, according to data from the National Institutes of Health.
Louisiana ranks 48th of all the states — not including Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. — with an average of 20.1 per 100,000 deaths related to kidney disease.
The highest parishes, the ones with more kidney disease-related deaths than others, include: Iberville with 36.3 deaths per 100,000, Jefferson Davis with 38.1 deaths per 100,000 and Richland with 48.2 deaths per 100,000.
Washington has 30.6. East Baton Rouge has 29.8. Allen has 29.6. These parishes are the next highest areas for kidney disease-related deaths in Louisiana.
Only six Louisiana parishes fall beneath the national average: Natchitoches, Franklin, Pointe Coupee, Bossier, Caddo and Calcasieu.
Between 2018 and 2022, an average of 1,088 people died per year from a kidney disease in Louisiana.
Kidney diseases included in this data are Glomerular disease, renal failure, disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function, unspecified contracted kidney and small kidney of unknown causes.
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