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

Level of HLA Mismatch		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	Patients	2,143	2,298	2,848	3,279	3,232	3,287	3,397	3,473	3,587	3,689
	Deaths	42	31	71	68	59	50	67	71	68	51
	Rate	40.2	27.5	51.3	40.8	37.8	30.3	40.9	41.1	38.6	28.8
1	Patients	1,178	1,293	1,242	1,224	1,248	1,315	1,365	1,368	1,366	1,264
	Deaths	21	29	25	27	13	23	31	25	27	20
	Rate	35.8	45.8	40.2	45.1	21.6	36.3	46.0	36.6	38.4	33.9
2	Patients	3,220	3,280	3,278	3,325	3,305	3,354	3,371	3,420	3,669	3,713
	Deaths	73	61	67	79	65	47	61	58	62	65
	Rate	45.6	38.3	40.9	48.1	40.5	28.7	36.5	34.0	34.3	36.6
3	Patients	5,157	5,414	5,519	5,483	5,448	5,743	5,956	5,995	6,348	6,587
	Deaths	125	114	133	104	131	127	120	114	126	126
	Rate	50.3	42.2	49.6	38.2	49.0	45.2	40.8	39.0	39.9	40.3
4	Patients	4,088	4,379	4,300	4,137	4,308	4,313	4,384	4,653	4,912	5,101
	Deaths	114	134	123	105	127	99	126	116	125	111
	Rate	57.3	62.2	57.6	52.2	60.2	46.9	58.6	50.7	52.4	44.8
5	Patients	2,542	2,724	2,827	2,917	3,153	3,453	3,802	4,248	4,592	4,919
	Deaths	69	88	86	80	93	93	94	118	128	129
	Rate	55.7	66.2	61.7	56.1	60.5	54.8	51.1	55.9	57.2	55.0
6	Patients	830	851	1,044	1,319	1,495	1,660	1,853	2,011	2,278	2,718
	Deaths	30	22	27	41	42	39	53	65	70	64
	Rate	75.4	52.5	52.4	65.3	55.6	48.4	59.4	66.0	62.9	48.6
Unknown	Patients	438	271	151	189	278	347	423	413	286	235
	Deaths	6	13	5	7	6	5	7	6	3	3
	Rate	30.6	97.1	74.1	80.2	42.3	29.1	33.7	27.9	22.8	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.