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

Recipient Age at Tx		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	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	-
1-5 Years	Patients	36	36	53	41	38	47	35	40	46
	Deaths	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	2
	Rate	58.1	28.2	0.0	50.8	26.7	43.7	0.0	25.0	44.5
6-10 Years	Patients	71	64	58	67	68	57	50	59	61
	Deaths	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	1
	Rate	14.2	15.8	0.0	0.0	30.2	54.6	20.4	0.0	16.6
11-17 Years	Patients	238	212	190	179	160	224	184	180	208
	Deaths	9	3	3	4	2	3	1	3	0
	Rate	38.9	14.3	16.0	22.6	12.6	13.5	5.5	16.9	0.0
18-34 Years	Patients	1,476	1,425	1,291	1,226	1,219	1,193	1,191	1,158	1,118
	Deaths	32	37	32	18	23	25	24	19	29
	Rate	22.0	26.4	25.2	14.8	19.1	21.3	20.4	16.6	26.3
35-49 Years	Patients	2,531	2,487	2,498	2,484	2,439	2,332	2,339	2,349	2,313
	Deaths	105	111	100	100	74	74	92	75	75
	Rate	42.6	45.9	41.1	41.4	30.9	32.4	40.3	32.6	33.1
50-64 Years	Patients	1,943	1,994	2,009	2,100	2,219	2,321	2,359	2,452	2,580
	Deaths	167	161	137	149	133	169	196	153	154
	Rate	91.0	85.4	71.3	74.5	62.3	76.6	87.8	65.0	62.1
65+ Years	Patients	379	381	416	404	533	521	626	646	714
	Deaths	47	56	40	42	53	59	72	61	69
	Rate	134.6	163.5	103.2	111.1	105.6	122.2	123.4	101.1	102.8

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.