Table 5.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Deceased Donor non-ECD Kidney Transplants

Blood Type		Year of Transplant
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	6,674	6,599	6,515	6,501	6,676	6,696	6,784	6,884	7,040
	Deaths	363	370	312	315	288	335	386	312	330
	Rate	56.3	58.2	49.5	50.1	44.4	51.8	59.0	46.7	48.3
O	Patients	3,057	2,981	2,828	2,806	2,941	2,847	2,977	3,032	3,084
	Deaths	155	156	135	148	132	144	170	136	141
	Rate	52.5	54.2	49.3	54.7	46.2	52.4	59.2	46.2	47.0
A	Patients	2,495	2,490	2,630	2,512	2,560	2,577	2,608	2,656	2,721
	Deaths	144	145	126	112	102	127	144	122	145
	Rate	59.9	60.6	49.5	45.9	40.9	50.9	57.3	47.3	55.2
B	Patients	767	781	693	820	850	862	828	825	842
	Deaths	38	52	38	36	38	43	47	38	27
	Rate	51.0	69.8	57.0	45.4	46.0	51.6	58.7	47.6	32.8
AB	Patients	355	347	364	363	325	410	371	371	393
	Deaths	26	17	13	19	16	21	25	16	17
	Rate	76.7	50.5	36.6	54.6	50.6	53.1	70.4	44.5	44.2

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.

See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.