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

Race		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
White	Patients	560	691	694	748	778	773	722	736	754
	Deaths	42	61	55	87	73	80	73	78	69
	Rate	78.4	93.2	83.7	125.1	99.7	110.8	107.3	113.4	97.5
African American	Patients	238	255	321	317	349	344	353	353	398
	Deaths	14	14	33	35	35	27	32	35	37
	Rate	61.0	56.9	110.1	118.4	106.7	82.3	96.0	105.6	99.0
Asian	Patients	42	38	46	54	59	72	72	63	72
	Deaths	2	4	3	3	2	4	2	9	9
	Rate	49.1	116.1	68.3	57.3	34.0	57.9	28.0	159.4	135.8
Other/Multi-race	Patients	19	14	17	13	28	30	27	32	24
	Deaths	1	2	5	1	1	3	4	3	2
	Rate	54.0	157.1	361.4	79.7	36.5	107.2	160.0	98.1	86.6

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.