CDC Showcases New Kidney Disease Surveillance System.

A new government-supported website aims to centralize data to gauge the full scope of kidney disease, its risk factors, its health consequences, and the health care system's capacity for managing CKD at the state and national levels.  The CDC showcased the new National Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance System at the National Kidney Foundation's 2013 Spring Clinical Meetings. Highlights of the system include customizable graphics and maps of CKD surveillance data; an interactive application to view US trends by age, sex, or race; access to fast facts and US data tables; and data for monitoring health trends in health consequences.