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

Race		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
White	Patients	2,387	2,752	2,993	3,191	3,564	3,743	4,379	4,752	4,995
	Deaths	51	85	67	82	76	82	107	122	114
	Rate	21.6	31.5	22.8	26.1	21.6	22.2	24.8	26.1	23.1
African American	Patients	446	463	524	550	626	717	757	908	902
	Deaths	13	9	15	20	22	22	21	25	23
	Rate	29.7	19.7	29.2	37.2	35.9	31.4	28.2	28.0	25.9
Asian	Patients	108	94	94	107	142	143	184	217	204
	Deaths	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	5	0
	Rate	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.4	14.1	22.0	23.4	0.0
Other/Multi-race	Patients	66	74	51	77	76	94	128	132	116
	Deaths	4	1	0	1	0	2	4	6	4
	Rate	62.2	13.7	0.0	13.1	0.0	21.5	31.4	46.2	35.4
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	19
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	1
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	54.8

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.