Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients (BAAKP)

       Chronic Kidney Disease is rampant in the U.S.:

• The lifetime risk for all Americans is 59%
• There are 26,000,000 currently with kidney disease
• 47,000 people die from kidney disease per year
• Kidney disease ranks 9th as a cause of death, higher than breast or prostate cancer
• With only 17,000 kidney transplants a year
• 101,000 people waiting for a kidney transplant
• And 185,000 living with a functioning kidney transplant
• And there are 450,000 living on kidney dialysis, which only partially replaces kidney functions

The Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients has a track record of helping kidney patients in our area-AT NO COST TO THE MEMBERS!

• 31 Educational Presentations since our founding with 48 Physicians and Medical Professional Speakers and 2340 Total Attendance.  
• We have had 55 monthly small support group meetings and 537 attending. 
• 30 newsletters published & distributed to our 1157 members
• 200 emails with kidney information sent from our interactive website: www.baakp.org

               Please help us continue our work for

                            local kidney patients!