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

PRA at Transplant		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
0%-9%	Patients	688	817	877	917	971	959	899	911	1,025
	Deaths	47	67	75	98	82	87	92	99	92
	Rate	71.1	86.5	90.9	114.2	89.0	96.4	108.7	116.6	95.5
10%-79%	Patients	103	105	112	112	119	115	139	125	97
	Deaths	8	7	10	13	14	11	9	9	13
	Rate	81.4	69.3	94.6	125.1	126.6	101.0	67.8	74.8	148.4
80%+	Patients	22	27	27	29	34	39	39	34	34
	Deaths	2	3	6	5	3	7	3	1	3
	Rate	96.4	118.2	245.3	200.3	93.0	199.0	79.0	29.8	92.0
Unknown	Patients	46	49	62	74	90	106	97	114	92
	Deaths	2	4	5	10	12	9	7	16	9
	Rate	44.7	85.3	84.6	145.4	146.0	90.0	75.6	153.9	102.4

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.