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

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	8,941	9,312	9,575	9,756	9,930	10,371	10,794	11,331	12,132	12,684
	Deaths	218	216	226	227	253	235	230	248	266	248
	Rate	50.8	47.2	47.9	47.1	51.7	46.5	43.6	44.2	44.6	40.8
A	Patients	7,544	7,904	8,122	8,514	8,805	9,100	9,446	9,818	10,326	10,738
	Deaths	182	194	205	208	188	169	215	239	240	233
	Rate	48.9	49.9	51.4	49.6	44.0	37.7	46.4	49.2	47.6	45.3
B	Patients	2,246	2,389	2,503	2,559	2,692	2,921	3,120	3,205	3,325	3,482
	Deaths	61	57	72	57	68	56	82	56	77	63
	Rate	55.1	48.1	58.8	45.5	51.5	38.7	53.6	36.0	46.5	37.5
AB	Patients	862	903	1,009	1,044	1,039	1,061	1,167	1,221	1,255	1,322
	Deaths	19	25	34	19	27	23	32	30	26	25
	Rate	45.2	56.6	67.5	36.4	54.7	44.5	57.1	48.9	41.0	41.0
Unknown	Patients	3	2	-	-	1	19	24	6	-	-
	Deaths	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	*	0.0	0.0	*	-	-

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.