Causes of death and health conditions · Other conditions

Kidney failure deaths in the UK

The Office for National Statistics recorded 2,261 deaths in England and Wales in 2025 where the underlying cause was Renal failure (ICD-10 N17 to N19). That was 94 fewer than in 2024 (2,355). The highest yearly figure since 2001 was 3,127 in 2003; the lowest was 2,045 in 2013.

England and Wales, 2025

2,261

deaths registered · ONS

Age-standardised rate, 2025

3.6

per 100,000 people · ONS

Scotland, 2024

277

deaths registered · NRS

Northern Ireland, 2024

101

deaths registered · NISRA

Deaths each year in England and Wales

Deaths registered in England and Wales from Renal failure, 2001 to 2025. Office for National Statistics.

Taking account of the population's size and age, the ONS age-standardised death rate was 3.6 per 100,000 people in 2025, 10.0% lower than in 2013 (4.0). For men it was 4.1 and for women 3.4.

In 2025, 988 of the deaths were of men and 1,273 of women.

Kidney failure, N17 to N19: deaths registered in England and Wales; rate per 100,000 from 2013.
Year	All	Men	Women	Age-standardised rate
2025	2,261	988	1,273	3.6
2024	2,355	1,037	1,318	3.9
2023	2,405	1,074	1,331	4.1
2022	2,368	1,056	1,312	4.0
2021	2,227	984	1,243	3.9
2020	2,474	1,061	1,413	4.4
2019	2,758	1,304	1,454	4.9
2018	2,828	1,301	1,527	5.1
2017	2,706	1,244	1,462	5.0
2016	2,757	1,272	1,485	5.1
2015	2,748	1,247	1,501	5.2
2014	2,502	1,080	1,422	4.8
2013	2,045	956	1,089	4.0
2012	2,117	1,026	1,091	–
2011	2,162	1,017	1,145	–
2010	2,727	1,217	1,510	–
2009	2,905	1,370	1,535	–
2008	2,988	1,417	1,571	–
2007	3,108	1,500	1,608	–
2006	2,926	1,397	1,529	–
2005	2,977	1,378	1,599	–
2004	3,072	1,486	1,586	–
2003	3,127	1,520	1,607	–
2002	3,052	1,530	1,522	–
2001	2,833	1,372	1,461	–

Age at death

Of the 2,261 deaths in 2025 with an age recorded, 91.6% were of people aged 75 or over; the largest number, 1,646, was in the 85 and over age group.

Deaths by age at death, England and Wales.
Age	2025: all	2025: men	2025: women	2001: all
Under 15	1	0	1	5
15 to 44	15	7	8	47
45 to 64	62	40	22	209
65 to 74	113	59	54	365
75 to 84	424	224	200	974
85 and over	1,646	658	988	1,233

Scotland

National Records of Scotland recorded 277 deaths from this cause in 2024 (128 men, 149 women).

Northern Ireland

NISRA's Registrar General figures give 101 deaths from this cause registered in Northern Ireland in 2024, against 113 in 2014.

Deaths registered in Northern Ireland. NISRA, Registrar General Annual Report, table 6.4b.
Year	All	Men	Women
2024	101	46	55
2023	91	38	53
2022	80	28	52
2021	95	32	63
2020	94	46	48
2019	105	40	65
2018	108	45	63
2017	99	44	55
2016	77	22	55
2015	94	36	58
2014	113	42	71

How the figures are defined

Each death is counted once, under its underlying cause: the disease or injury that started the chain of events leading to death, as certified by a doctor or coroner and coded by the ONS to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This page uses the ONS grouping “Renal failure”, codes N17 to N19. Other conditions mentioned on a death certificate are not counted here.

How deaths are registered and counted, how the age-standardised rate works and where the ONS series has breaks is set out under how these figures are compiled.

Sources and receipts

ONS mortality extracts for codes N17 to N19, with SHA-256 fingerprints; the ONS, NRS and NISRA workbooks are listed with the other sources.

Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age (NM_161_1)
Office for National Statistics (Nomis) · read 2026-10-15 · SHA-256 60cb694bb036b9a0… · publisher's page
Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age (NM_161_1)
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Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age (NM_161_1)
Office for National Statistics (Nomis) · read 2026-10-15 · SHA-256 79b45f1c585cedc1… · publisher's page

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