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

PRA at Transplant		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
0%-9%	Patients	11,916	12,956	13,826	14,193	14,523	15,113	15,463	15,909	17,083	18,095
	Deaths	325	335	373	371	379	338	391	389	433	404
	Rate	56.0	52.7	54.6	53.2	53.5	45.3	51.8	49.6	51.9	46.7
10%-79%	Patients	2,115	2,062	1,929	1,998	2,008	1,969	2,054	2,218	2,220	2,261
	Deaths	59	67	59	59	53	45	56	68	52	53
	Rate	58.2	65.3	62.4	59.8	54.6	46.5	56.8	61.4	47.0	49.9
80%+	Patients	519	513	523	563	582	549	574	646	678	752
	Deaths	11	18	20	22	20	10	19	25	21	18
	Rate	44.1	70.7	83.5	75.7	69.4	38.6	67.3	81.5	63.0	51.1
Unknown	Patients	5,046	4,979	4,931	5,119	5,354	5,841	6,460	6,808	7,057	7,118
	Deaths	85	72	85	59	84	90	93	91	103	94
	Rate	34.4	29.3	35.1	23.2	31.9	31.8	29.0	27.0	29.4	27.3

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.