Urinary stone epidemiology in Spain and worldwide.

Urinary stones is a pathology whose incidence and prevalence are increasing in developed and underdeveloped countries. Overall, in the United States the prevalence has been increased from 3.2% in 1980 to 10.1% in 2014. In Spain, this increase has also been significant, from 5% in 2005 to 14.6% in 2016. In the rest of the world happens in a similar way, where an average increase is observed in the last 15-20 years of approximately 5-7%. The decade of life between 40-60 years is usually the highest incidence of stones. Regarding sex, in recent years there has been a growing in women, associated with a change in diet and obesity, and currently there are no differences between sex. It is a more frequent disease in the Western world,although there are countries in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia where the prevalence is very high, around 20%. Respect the lithiasis composition, calcium oxalate continues to be the most frequent around 70-80%, with an increase in uric acid lithiasis in recent years and a decrease in infective lithiasis. In relation to the appearance of this pathology in children, it is rare in the first years of life, being more prevalent from 12-13 years of age and increasing in adolescence. It is usually more common in girls than in boys and in the Caucasian racecompared to African Americans. There are no differences in lithiasic composition with respect to adults, calcium oxalate being the most frequent composition, but with a prevalence of 50-60%. However, the causes and etiopathogenic factors in children are less studied and well known than in adults.