Table 6.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1993 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Transplants

Gender		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	69	74	73	79	108	132	193	240	243	267
	Deaths	5	2	5	1	3	3	1	3	0	5
	Rate	145.6	51.1	162.4	22.5	63.0	46.5	10.3	25.7	0.0	39.0
Female	Patients	44	48	44	43	63	78	113	128	123	149
	Deaths	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	0	1
	Rate	205.2	74.8	108.7	40.2	73.0	26.8	17.5	45.2	0.0	14.4
Male	Patients	25	26	29	36	45	54	80	112	120	118
	Deaths	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	4
	Rate	67.3	0.0	242.0	0.0	49.5	73.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	68.3

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.