Table 5.7b

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Deceased Donor ECD Kidney Transplants

Blood Type		Year of Transplant
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	859	998	1,078	1,132	1,214	1,219	1,174	1,184	1,248
	Deaths	59	81	96	126	111	114	111	125	117
	Rate	71.6	85.5	94.6	119.3	96.8	99.4	100.0	113.0	99.9
O	Patients	410	429	500	556	549	551	550	507	586
	Deaths	26	35	53	64	49	52	51	49	50
	Rate	66.0	85.6	114.6	123.8	94.6	100.0	98.2	103.3	90.4
A	Patients	328	408	386	434	485	460	463	456	454
	Deaths	28	30	29	48	46	43	52	48	40
	Rate	89.7	76.9	78.6	118.6	100.4	99.6	119.9	112.1	93.6
B	Patients	93	114	131	125	130	158	118	151	154
	Deaths	4	11	5	14	12	13	4	20	23
	Rate	43.9	104.2	39.0	119.6	97.2	86.9	34.7	144.6	165.2
AB	Patients	28	47	61	17	50	50	43	70	54
	Deaths	1	5	9	0	4	6	4	8	4
	Rate	36.4	116.2	163.4	0.0	84.5	130.6	95.6	121.6	78.2

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.