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

Cold Ischemic Time		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
0-11 Hours	Patients	729	726	692	750	778	875	905	1,057	1,162
	Deaths	46	36	26	26	27	36	47	39	38
	Rate	65.7	51.2	38.5	35.6	35.5	42.1	53.5	37.7	33.4
12-21 Hours	Patients	2,707	2,723	2,699	2,823	2,858	2,613	2,619	2,601	2,915
	Deaths	137	144	135	145	121	120	136	125	142
	Rate	52.3	54.9	51.8	53.2	43.4	47.4	53.7	49.6	50.2
22-31 Hours	Patients	2,023	2,268	2,242	2,033	1,962	1,816	1,753	1,651	1,635
	Deaths	109	126	101	98	90	94	114	68	86
	Rate	55.7	57.7	46.4	49.8	47.4	53.6	67.7	42.3	54.2
32-41 Hours	Patients	712	673	563	493	508	409	371	320	316
	Deaths	39	50	32	23	28	26	20	15	13
	Rate	56.9	77.7	58.8	48.0	57.4	66.5	55.8	48.4	42.3
42+ Hours	Patients	118	105	104	81	76	73	51	68	59
	Deaths	5	8	5	4	4	8	7	4	3
	Rate	43.7	79.4	49.6	51.4	53.9	118.0	152.5	61.6	51.4
Unknown	Patients	385	104	215	321	494	910	1,085	1,187	953
	Deaths	27	6	13	19	18	51	62	61	48
	Rate	73.6	60.4	63.3	61.5	37.2	58.4	59.4	53.2	52.4

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.