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

Race		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
White	Patients	4,488	4,459	4,410	4,295	4,416	4,434	4,398	4,412	4,493
	Deaths	252	266	217	206	185	221	242	181	218
	Rate	58.3	62.1	50.8	49.6	43.0	51.6	57.0	42.2	50.0
African American	Patients	1,800	1,772	1,709	1,814	1,824	1,852	1,957	2,056	2,089
	Deaths	96	87	80	95	82	93	124	109	96
	Rate	55.1	50.7	48.5	54.2	46.2	51.9	66.1	54.8	47.3
Asian	Patients	255	239	276	294	315	296	300	299	323
	Deaths	11	6	10	12	14	12	17	13	11
	Rate	44.1	25.5	37.0	41.9	45.9	41.7	58.6	44.7	34.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	130	129	120	97	120	114	129	117	133
	Deaths	4	11	5	2	7	9	3	9	5
	Rate	31.5	90.7	42.5	21.0	60.7	83.9	23.4	80.5	38.8
Unknown	Patients	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
	Deaths	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	0
	Rate	*	-	-	*	*	-	-	-	*

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.