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

Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	6,616	6,532	6,438	6,432	6,595	6,633	6,734	6,828	6,975
	Deaths	363	368	308	310	286	332	385	312	326
	Rate	56.9	58.5	49.4	49.8	44.6	51.8	59.3	47.1	48.1
Nonresident Alien	Patients	28	43	53	44	52	43	40	48	58
	Deaths	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	4
	Rate	0.0	0.0	19.1	47.3	0.0	48.7	25.3	0.0	72.0
Unknown	Patients	30	24	24	25	29	20	10	8	7
	Deaths	0	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
	Rate	0.0	88.9	138.9	132.5	72.7	51.8	0.0	*	*

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.