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

Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized	Patients	6,509	6,391	6,345	6,384	6,505	6,520	6,687	6,737	6,900
	Deaths	352	359	299	305	272	322	372	304	318
	Rate	56.0	58.3	48.6	49.4	42.9	51.0	57.6	46.5	47.4
Hospitalized	Patients	71	75	65	91	134	151	78	135	132
	Deaths	3	4	6	9	12	8	9	7	11
	Rate	43.9	56.0	98.1	107.4	96.2	55.4	125.8	53.6	87.9
In Intensive Care	Patients	14	21	41	26	33	21	18	10	8
	Deaths	6	2	4	1	4	5	5	1	1
	Rate	612.5	102.0	106.1	39.7	134.3	295.7	365.6	110.7	*
Unknown	Patients	80	112	64	-	4	4	1	2	-
	Deaths	2	5	3	-	0	0	0	0	-
	Rate	25.4	45.9	48.2	-	*	*	*	*	-

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.