Table 5.7c

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Living Donor Kidney Transplants

Blood Type		Year of Transplant
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	3,007	3,383	3,662	3,925	4,408	4,697	5,449	6,011	6,236
	Deaths	68	95	82	103	101	108	136	158	142
	Rate	22.9	28.6	22.8	26.7	23.2	23.3	25.3	26.7	23.1
O	Patients	1,348	1,486	1,684	1,714	1,990	2,085	2,502	2,768	2,866
	Deaths	31	36	38	50	46	33	60	79	60
	Rate	23.3	24.6	22.9	29.7	23.5	16.0	24.3	29.0	21.2
A	Patients	1,183	1,343	1,392	1,580	1,669	1,830	2,053	2,274	2,331
	Deaths	25	45	28	37	28	48	58	65	50
	Rate	21.4	34.2	20.4	23.8	16.9	26.7	28.8	29.1	21.7
B	Patients	364	419	476	495	557	613	688	752	806
	Deaths	10	9	15	15	18	22	14	12	24
	Rate	27.9	21.8	32.3	30.9	33.0	36.8	20.5	16.1	30.4
AB	Patients	112	135	110	136	187	167	206	217	233
	Deaths	2	5	1	1	9	5	4	2	8
	Rate	17.9	38.3	9.2	7.4	49.8	30.5	19.6	9.3	35.3
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	*	*	-	-	-

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.