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

Recipient Age at Tx		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
1-5 Years	Patients	1	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	0	-	0	-	0	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	*	-	*	-	-	-	-
6-10 Years	Patients	3	1	3	2	2	3	1	1	-
	Deaths	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-
11-17 Years	Patients	10	7	8	4	13	5	3	2	1
	Deaths	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rate	0.0	*	*	*	0.0	*	*	*	*
18-34 Years	Patients	139	159	130	111	132	114	106	79	89
	Deaths	8	3	4	5	3	9	1	2	3
	Rate	60.1	19.1	31.4	45.9	23.1	82.6	9.5	25.6	34.4
35-49 Years	Patients	318	369	340	329	344	313	300	270	272
	Deaths	19	28	16	19	13	15	14	14	15
	Rate	61.7	79.5	48.7	59.7	38.5	49.3	47.7	53.8	57.0
50-64 Years	Patients	311	348	462	524	540	585	536	584	598
	Deaths	24	38	55	69	67	60	62	59	59
	Rate	80.5	117.5	129.1	143.0	134.6	110.1	124.0	107.8	105.7
65+ Years	Patients	77	114	133	162	181	199	228	248	288
	Deaths	8	12	21	33	28	30	33	50	40
	Rate	112.1	111.9	176.0	235.2	170.0	166.2	158.6	229.6	152.9

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.