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

Primary Diagnosis		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
Glomerular Diseases	Patients	6,493	6,390	6,438	6,634	6,511	6,597	6,663	6,534	6,503	6,720
	Deaths	118	96	115	102	108	72	111	95	78	91
	Rate	37.0	30.7	35.8	31.3	33.6	22.5	33.4	29.4	24.3	27.8
Diabetes	Patients	3,715	4,047	4,134	4,313	4,511	4,728	4,947	4,991	5,294	5,745
	Deaths	134	149	168	157	163	157	170	153	196	185
	Rate	75.2	74.8	84.5	73.4	74.5	68.0	71.5	62.6	75.8	68.0
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis	Patients	2,980	2,694	2,601	2,858	3,186	3,395	3,395	3,499	3,817	4,078
	Deaths	89	68	68	74	73	90	93	114	108	88
	Rate	61.5	50.1	55.0	51.7	47.1	53.4	56.4	66.6	57.8	45.1
Polycystic Kidneys	Patients	1,719	1,634	1,675	1,850	1,909	2,009	2,083	2,150	2,312	2,415
	Deaths	34	32	35	40	44	33	41	26	26	35
	Rate	40.6	39.4	42.9	43.1	48.1	32.6	40.3	24.2	23.3	30.4
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases	Patients	1,240	1,340	1,477	1,581	1,541	1,517	1,528	1,485	1,460	1,371
	Deaths	25	30	28	30	29	30	30	14	32	22
	Rate	41.1	47.0	37.3	38.3	37.9	41.1	39.4	18.9	45.1	32.9
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases	Patients	88	586	1,067	1,005	937	954	1,076	1,180	1,188	1,288
	Deaths	4	11	23	28	32	32	26	42	26	32
	Rate	91.8	46.6	38.8	59.4	71.0	68.1	49.3	73.0	43.9	52.9
Retransplant/Graft Failure	Patients	173	478	848	985	1,192	1,434	1,894	2,696	3,211	3,275
	Deaths	3	17	36	21	28	25	46	74	80	63
	Rate	34.3	80.9	85.8	42.8	48.7	35.2	53.2	52.9	50.4	40.5
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders	Patients	525	617	703	769	757	718	748	715	691	757
	Deaths	9	13	11	17	11	11	10	4	6	6
	Rate	36.0	43.5	30.7	45.3	29.7	31.8	26.1	11.3	17.4	17.2
Neoplasms	Patients	50	56	66	69	62	56	66	79	94	104
	Deaths	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	5	1	3
	Rate	42.9	33.9	61.2	0.0	28.9	0.0	60.4	135.6	21.4	62.3
Other	Patients	2,514	2,556	2,091	1,693	1,773	1,979	2,041	2,123	2,277	2,233
	Deaths	61	67	47	38	43	30	27	41	54	37
	Rate	49.8	50.3	48.6	46.0	49.1	30.5	26.3	40.5	47.7	34.4
Unknown	Patients	99	112	109	116	88	85	110	129	191	240
	Deaths	2	8	4	4	4	3	3	5	2	7
	Rate	42.6	147.6	69.6	74.9	93.1	75.5	58.8	79.5	19.9	63.2

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.