Country Earliest prevalence (years) Latest prevalence (years) United States 2.6% (1964–1972) 5.2% (1988–1994) Italy 1.2% (1983) 1.7% (1993–1994) Scotland 3.8% (1977) 3.5% (1987) Spain 0.1% (1977) 10.0% (1991) Turkey n/a 14.8% (1989) Country New cases per 100,000 (year) Trend United States 116 (2000) decreasing Germany 720 (2000) increasing Japan 114.3 (2005) increasing Spain 270 (1984) decreasing Sweden 200 (1969) increasing Urolithiasis deaths per million persons in 2012 Kidney stones affect all geographical, cultural, and racial groups. The lifetime risk is about 10-15% in the developed world, but can be as high as 20-25% in the Middle East. The increased risk of dehydration in hot climates, coupled with a diet 50% lower in calcium and 250% higher in oxalates compared to Western diets, accounts for the higher net risk in the Middle East. In the Middle East, uric acid stones are more common than calcium-containing stones. The number of deaths due to kidney stones is estimated at 19,000 per year being fairly consistent between 1990 and 2010. In North America and Europe, the annual number of new cases per year of kidney stones is roughly 0.5%. In the United States, the frequency in the population of urolithiasis has increased from 3.2% to 5.2% from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. In the United States, about 9% of the population has had a kidney stone. The total cost for treating urolithiasis was US $2 billion in 2003. About 65–80% of those with kidney stones are men; most stones in women are due to either metabolic defects (such as cystinuria) or infections in the case of struvite stones. Urinary tract calculi disorders are more common in men than in women. Men most commonly experience their first episode between 30 and 40 years of age, whereas for women, the age at first presentation is somewhat later. The age of onset shows a bimodal distribution in women, with episodes peaking at 35 and 55 years. Recurrence rates are estimated at 50% over a 10-year and 75% over 20-year period, with some people experiencing ten or more episodes over the course of a lifetime. A 2010 review concluded that rates of disease are increasing.
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