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

Donor Age		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
50-64 Years	Patients	648	770	775	813	870	888	917	875	926
	Deaths	46	57	56	87	73	77	85	72	75
	Rate	74.1	77.5	75.9	114.3	88.4	91.6	97.9	86.7	85.3
65+ Years	Patients	211	228	303	319	344	331	257	309	322
	Deaths	13	24	40	39	38	37	26	53	42
	Rate	63.8	113.3	144.4	132.2	118.5	120.8	107.7	192.0	144.0

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.