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

Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	851	993	1,064	1,118	1,204	1,208	1,167	1,173	1,240
	Deaths	59	80	93	125	111	114	111	125	116
	Rate	72.3	84.8	92.7	119.9	97.7	100.4	100.6	114.1	99.7
Nonresident Alien	Patients	5	1	8	8	4	5	3	8	5
	Deaths	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	3	4	6	6	6	6	4	3	3
	Deaths	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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.