Kidney stones

What research knows about kidney stones comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

10.1%

US adults (20 and over) with a history of kidney stones, NHANES 2015-2016

source

New diagnoses

One every 0.3 seconds

106 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 1000 in 10,000 people

source source

What patients usually have

The records behind kidney stones

24-hour urine collection (metabolic evaluation)
Repeated lab results
8 to 12 weeks after starting prevention, then every twelve months once normalised
guideline
Low-dose non-contrast CT for suspected renal colic
Scan reports
urgent (within 24 hours of presentation)
guideline
Serum calcium blood test
Lab results
not stated (part of metabolic testing after a stone)
guideline
Stone composition analysis
Lab results
not stated (part of metabolic testing after a stone)
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$62

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $62 to $719

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Repeated lab resultsx1$0.24how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Lab resultsx2$0.42how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

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Kidney stones

What research knows about kidney stones comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

10.1%

US adults (20 and over) with a history of kidney stones, NHANES 2015-2016

source

New diagnoses

One every 0.3 seconds

106 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 1000 in 10,000 people

source source

What patients usually have

The records behind kidney stones

24-hour urine collection (metabolic evaluation)
Repeated lab results
8 to 12 weeks after starting prevention, then every twelve months once normalised
guideline
Low-dose non-contrast CT for suspected renal colic
Scan reports
urgent (within 24 hours of presentation)
guideline
Serum calcium blood test
Lab results
not stated (part of metabolic testing after a stone)
guideline
Stone composition analysis
Lab results
not stated (part of metabolic testing after a stone)
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$62

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $62 to $719

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Repeated lab resultsx1$0.24how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Lab resultsx2$0.42how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about kidney stones All conditions