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

Previous Tx Any Organ		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
No	Patients	5,721	5,619	5,530	5,510	5,661	5,702	5,648	5,792	5,944
	Deaths	312	302	262	277	243	292	306	256	278
	Rate	56.5	55.7	48.9	52.0	44.1	53.0	56.1	45.5	48.2
Yes	Patients	953	980	985	991	1,015	994	1,136	1,092	1,096
	Deaths	51	68	50	38	45	43	80	56	52
	Rate	55.5	72.7	52.4	39.3	45.6	44.6	73.9	53.2	48.8

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.