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

Level of HLA Mismatch		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	Patients	578	946	952	938	979	1,059	1,035	1,094	1,131
	Deaths	27	58	48	44	33	47	52	43	47
	Rate	48.1	64.0	52.1	48.4	34.4	45.8	52.1	40.4	42.5
1	Patients	332	280	292	281	310	300	306	216	173
	Deaths	21	9	12	10	12	13	20	6	13
	Rate	65.5	32.8	42.3	36.5	39.7	44.7	68.4	28.2	78.0
2	Patients	816	786	771	652	723	614	632	625	609
	Deaths	34	43	37	23	21	23	38	34	24
	Rate	42.9	56.4	49.4	36.1	29.6	38.4	62.5	56.2	40.4
3	Patients	1,577	1,483	1,398	1,356	1,460	1,337	1,313	1,345	1,256
	Deaths	84	81	62	68	74	71	70	65	48
	Rate	55.2	56.8	45.6	51.9	52.2	55.0	55.0	49.9	39.3
4	Patients	1,896	1,578	1,563	1,605	1,428	1,444	1,544	1,538	1,590
	Deaths	106	90	71	80	65	71	80	65	68
	Rate	58.0	59.4	46.9	51.7	46.9	50.9	53.5	43.4	43.8
5	Patients	1,100	1,066	1,041	1,119	1,180	1,269	1,327	1,353	1,422
	Deaths	71	59	53	67	56	73	86	62	83
	Rate	67.3	57.5	52.8	62.2	49.0	59.8	67.4	47.2	60.8
6	Patients	341	442	483	529	573	653	615	709	854
	Deaths	16	28	28	22	26	36	39	37	47
	Rate	48.3	65.9	60.4	42.8	46.9	57.2	66.3	54.2	56.9
Unknown	Patients	34	18	15	21	23	20	12	4	5
	Deaths	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
	Rate	128.3	118.8	70.9	49.1	45.0	52.2	84.4	*	*

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.