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

Gender		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
Female	Patients	329	360	429	447	493	471	482	464	493
	Deaths	23	28	39	56	48	42	37	44	43
	Rate	72.9	81.9	96.7	136.4	103.4	94.4	80.4	100.6	92.6
Male	Patients	530	638	649	685	721	748	692	720	755
	Deaths	36	53	57	70	63	72	74	81	74
	Rate	70.7	87.5	93.2	108.4	92.3	102.5	113.8	121.0	104.7

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.