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Kidney diseases including, acute and chronic conditions are a major public health problem in the global community whereby morbidity and mortality rates are high. Drug use, unhealthy diet, urinary tract infections, and potential genetic predispositions were defined as the most important factors that lead to the prevalence of kidney diseases. To determine the prevalence of the Acute Kidney disease (AKD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Nagar Gilgit area of Pakistan. To find the risk factors involved in the development and progression of AKI and CKD in Gilgit comprising of environmental, lifestyle, and health determinants. The research design used in this study is the mix- methods cross sectional study design, in determining the prevalence, risk factors and health care implication of CKD and AKD in Nagar Gilgit Pakistan. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on 120 participants who represented all age groups. The analysis of data was conducted to examine environmental health care access factors of the lifestyle. 120 of the patients featured AKD was more prevalent (74.2) compared to CKD (25%). Women predominated nearly twice as many as males with AKD with 61.7% of the cases, 48.3% taking drugs, 76.7% poor diet, and 53.3% urethritis. In 120 respondents, the most important contributing factor was Other health conditions (34.4%), after which there was no specified cause (27.6%), and hypertension (24.2%). Less frequent with under 9% each were obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Knowledge of the kidney disease burden is essential in the enhancement of the public health care outcome. This paper examined the trends of determinants of AKD and CKD. The most common diagnosis was AKD, with poor diet, drug use, UTIs, and other comorbid conditions being the major factors to the prevalence of the disease. The findings indicate that the region requires an improved knowledge of kidney health, lifestyle modification, and preventive efforts.