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

Primary Diagnosis		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
Glomerular Diseases	Patients	1,961	2,026	1,931	1,863	1,917	1,903	1,892	1,837	1,921
	Deaths	73	87	71	63	62	73	66	68	75
	Rate	38.1	44.2	37.7	34.6	33.0	39.4	35.7	38.0	40.0
Diabetes	Patients	1,311	1,256	1,343	1,333	1,363	1,348	1,335	1,414	1,498
	Deaths	108	119	105	100	86	106	121	83	104
	Rate	87.2	101.4	82.4	79.2	65.9	83.0	95.9	61.0	72.6
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis	Patients	887	941	1,005	1,094	1,097	1,099	1,164	1,306	1,271
	Deaths	50	50	45	58	57	51	83	76	55
	Rate	58.3	55.0	46.3	54.9	53.6	47.8	74.7	60.3	44.5
Polycystic Kidneys	Patients	561	626	617	657	619	637	647	600	625
	Deaths	31	23	23	18	29	28	22	18	24
	Rate	57.4	37.6	38.2	27.9	48.2	45.2	34.7	30.7	39.5
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases	Patients	430	459	479	410	434	403	421	386	369
	Deaths	21	20	15	22	18	17	14	15	16
	Rate	50.7	44.9	31.8	55.6	42.7	43.6	33.9	40.0	44.4
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases	Patients	423	411	352	324	358	398	362	371	433
	Deaths	21	23	20	21	18	29	24	17	28
	Rate	50.9	57.9	59.1	67.8	51.9	76.0	69.4	47.2	67.2
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders	Patients	171	197	204	192	202	241	177	163	190
	Deaths	9	10	8	6	6	8	4	5	3
	Rate	54.6	52.7	40.4	31.8	30.3	34.0	23.0	31.2	15.9
Neoplasms	Patients	12	17	15	13	10	19	22	22	18
	Deaths	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0
	Rate	85.1	0.0	0.0	83.2	0.0	111.7	99.0	94.3	0.0
Other	Patients	827	534	457	491	543	468	507	529	485
	Deaths	43	29	21	21	12	17	36	18	20
	Rate	53.8	56.3	47.4	44.0	22.4	37.1	74.5	34.9	42.3
Unknown	Patients	91	132	112	124	133	180	257	256	230
	Deaths	6	9	4	5	0	4	14	10	5
	Rate	68.5	72.3	36.3	41.5	0.0	22.6	56.7	40.2	22.1

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.