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

Gender		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
Female	Patients	2,573	2,491	2,567	2,550	2,657	2,697	2,665	2,764	2,875
	Deaths	121	128	111	119	111	139	140	112	124
	Rate	48.5	53.2	44.5	48.2	43.0	53.4	54.4	41.6	44.3
Male	Patients	4,101	4,108	3,948	3,951	4,019	3,999	4,119	4,120	4,165
	Deaths	242	242	201	196	177	196	246	200	206
	Rate	61.3	61.3	52.7	51.3	45.3	50.6	62.0	50.1	51.0

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.