Table 7.7

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

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Transplants

Blood Type		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	82	112	117	178	238	284	369	516	603	678
	Deaths	2	10	1	4	5	13	10	8	11	21
	Rate	54.6	182.8	16.3	46.3	45.1	92.4	56.0	30.7	39.3	61.4
O	Patients	29	38	45	62	89	111	146	209	247	263
	Deaths	0	2	0	1	0	5	6	3	4	6
	Rate	0.0	113.1	0.0	31.6	0.0	90.7	87.7	27.4	36.7	44.8
A	Patients	37	57	60	91	111	132	173	221	260	299
	Deaths	2	3	1	3	4	6	4	3	7	13
	Rate	120.9	103.4	30.8	71.6	79.9	93.8	46.6	27.4	55.3	89.2
B	Patients	8	7	9	20	28	29	38	63	72	84
	Deaths	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
	Rate	*	*	*	0.0	72.3	70.2	0.0	66.4	0.0	21.7
AB	Patients	8	10	3	5	10	12	12	23	24	32
	Deaths	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Rate	*	727.8	*	*	0.0	136.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	62.4

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.