Prevalence and incidence of renal stone disease in a German population sample.
261 male and 242 female patients (age 15-65 years) were questioned about renal colics with passage of renal stones. The patients were questioned while undergoing a medical examination. The prevalence of renal stones varied between 1.1% (males 15-29 years) and 20.6% (males 50-65 years) with an average of 6.9%. The incidence of passage of a calculus was 0.62% percent of the population per year. These figures in a German population sample are in agreement with more recent data from other industrialized countries and point to the magnitude of renal stone disease as a public health problem.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors