Table 5.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1993 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Kidney Transplants

Recipient Age at Tx		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	19,596	20,510	21,209	21,873	22,467	23,472	24,551	25,581	27,038	28,226
	Deaths	480	492	537	511	536	483	559	573	609	569
	Rate	50.3	48.8	51.5	47.4	48.8	42.0	46.5	45.3	45.8	42.1
<1 Year	Patients	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	-	1	1
	Deaths	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	229	189	168	204	220	195	207	218	230	250
	Deaths	7	5	4	1	4	0	1	1	2	5
	Rate	61.7	56.3	48.7	10.3	34.5	0.0	9.8	9.0	17.8	42.8
6-10 Years	Patients	239	255	252	261	264	259	254	222	220	278
	Deaths	2	1	4	3	0	3	3	4	1	0
	Rate	17.0	8.0	32.7	22.1	0.0	23.9	23.5	37.2	8.8	0.0
11-17 Years	Patients	633	699	764	736	700	714	771	722	708	766
	Deaths	8	9	10	4	7	4	7	1	2	4
	Rate	25.3	28.3	25.6	11.0	19.7	11.8	18.3	2.7	5.5	11.6
18-34 Years	Patients	5,087	5,164	5,015	4,846	4,698	4,707	4,813	4,844	4,889	4,906
	Deaths	52	42	53	37	41	31	45	32	37	34
	Rate	20.8	16.2	21.1	15.5	17.7	13.4	18.9	13.2	15.3	14.4
35-49 Years	Patients	7,276	7,497	7,792	7,931	7,912	8,105	8,202	8,441	8,872	8,867
	Deaths	146	149	145	150	133	110	106	124	121	112
	Rate	41.4	40.3	37.5	38.4	34.2	27.7	26.1	29.7	27.4	26.3
50-64 Years	Patients	5,084	5,551	5,879	6,413	7,052	7,635	8,193	8,701	9,346	10,055
	Deaths	197	214	238	232	254	245	272	293	284	279
	Rate	79.9	78.5	83.7	73.0	74.7	65.6	68.5	68.8	62.4	57.7
65+ Years	Patients	1,046	1,154	1,337	1,480	1,620	1,856	2,108	2,433	2,772	3,103
	Deaths	68	71	82	84	97	90	125	118	162	135
	Rate	133.6	131.0	130.9	119.3	124.5	97.3	126.4	98.9	123.2	92.4

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

Includes patients with a functioning transplant (placed during the previous 1-year period) at any time during

the calendar year. Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or 1-year anniversary

of the transplant, and is limited to time during each calendar year. See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.