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

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	69	95	101	126	131	138	122	130	138
	Deaths	3	8	7	9	11	8	13	11	8
	Rate	44.4	87.4	72.2	75.3	88.6	60.1	113.6	89.6	59.4
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	656	824	923	948	1,037	1,057	1,033	1,046	1,108
	Deaths	41	63	81	105	97	103	94	113	108
	Rate	64.9	80.4	93.3	118.3	99.1	103.9	96.0	115.7	104.3
Unknown	Patients	134	79	54	58	46	24	19	8	2
	Deaths	15	10	8	12	3	3	4	1	1
	Rate	120.2	138.5	162.4	244.4	68.9	136.7	246.9	*	*

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.