Data comparing stone disease differences
between races within one country
were available only for the United
States.2 Prevalence and incidence
rates were highest for whites, followed
by Hispanics, blacks, and
Asians (Figure 13). Of interest, stone
disease rates have nearly doubled in
US blacks in the 60- to 74-year old
age group when comparing the 1976
through 1980 and 1988 through 1994
time periods (Figure 14). White men
have the highest kidney stone incidence
rate whereas Asian women have
the lowest rate (Figure 13). Within individual
races, men still have a higher
disease burden when compared with
women from the same race.