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

Donor Age		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
<1 Year	Patients	21	20	26	26	14	31	26	24	29
	Deaths	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	1
	Rate	104.8	0.0	0.0	179.8	0.0	0.0	82.3	88.2	35.7
1-5 Years	Patients	217	240	223	226	238	221	204	211	215
	Deaths	12	10	14	10	11	6	5	3	9
	Rate	57.1	42.8	65.3	45.7	47.4	27.7	24.8	14.3	42.8
6-10 Years	Patients	286	304	268	241	264	259	266	304	234
	Deaths	17	14	8	10	12	14	13	16	11
	Rate	61.5	47.5	30.5	42.5	46.6	55.9	50.4	54.6	48.4
11-17 Years	Patients	1,098	1,100	959	954	864	789	830	756	772
	Deaths	49	52	34	51	37	26	36	20	25
	Rate	46.0	48.7	36.4	55.4	44.1	33.7	44.6	26.9	33.0
18-34 Years	Patients	2,427	2,292	2,242	2,208	2,274	2,183	2,207	2,302	2,501
	Deaths	117	129	104	91	86	92	109	76	89
	Rate	49.8	58.5	47.9	42.4	38.7	43.5	51.0	33.8	36.5
35-49 Years	Patients	1,872	1,958	2,058	2,071	2,232	2,363	2,319	2,366	2,361
	Deaths	117	120	104	107	97	134	145	139	135
	Rate	65.0	63.9	52.4	53.5	44.7	58.9	65.1	60.9	59.3
50-64 Years	Patients	753	685	739	775	790	850	932	921	928
	Deaths	49	45	48	42	45	63	76	56	60
	Rate	67.7	68.7	67.4	56.4	59.4	77.9	85.8	63.5	67.1

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.