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

Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	19,319	20,300	21,006	21,640	22,200	23,182	24,263	25,322	26,774	27,924
	Deaths	469	491	535	503	532	480	554	570	608	565
	Rate	49.8	49.2	51.8	47.1	49.0	42.2	46.6	45.6	46.2	42.3
Nonresident Alien	Patients	103	114	137	171	194	192	194	204	229	250
	Deaths	3	0	0	3	2	0	3	3	1	3
	Rate	60.0	0.0	0.0	34.5	20.5	0.0	32.3	30.7	8.5	23.4
Unknown	Patients	174	96	66	62	73	98	94	55	35	52
	Deaths	8	1	2	5	2	3	2	0	0	1
	Rate	102.7	19.5	65.2	202.4	54.3	63.3	44.1	0.0	0.0	64.5

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.