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

Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)		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
Non-ECD Recipient	Patients	13,277	13,353	13,030	12,873	12,800	12,955	13,179	13,228	13,380	13,715
	Deaths	350	370	365	334	328	275	331	355	336	317
	Rate	54.1	56.5	57.1	52.6	52.5	43.3	51.3	54.3	51.5	48.1
ECD Recipient	Patients	978	1,350	1,827	2,027	2,143	2,266	2,368	2,336	2,306	2,364
	Deaths	50	54	76	93	113	117	115	110	118	119
	Rate	103.8	83.1	85.0	94.8	109.1	104.2	103.7	96.4	106.7	106.9
Living Donor Recipient	Patients	5,341	5,807	6,352	6,973	7,524	8,251	9,004	10,017	11,352	12,147
	Deaths	80	68	96	84	95	91	113	108	155	133
	Rate	30.8	23.5	30.5	24.3	25.7	22.5	25.4	21.8	27.4	22.9

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.