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

Donor Age		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
11-17 Years	Patients	3	3	5	1	5	-	1	2	1
	Deaths	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	-	*	*	*
18-34 Years	Patients	1,221	1,254	1,356	1,479	1,537	1,601	1,798	2,018	2,055
	Deaths	32	32	29	37	32	38	44	40	48
	Rate	26.7	26.0	21.7	25.5	21.1	24.1	24.8	20.1	23.7
35-49 Years	Patients	1,312	1,567	1,704	1,756	2,026	2,201	2,603	2,823	2,925
	Deaths	26	41	35	43	47	44	58	85	67
	Rate	20.0	26.6	20.9	24.9	23.5	20.3	22.6	30.6	23.2
50-64 Years	Patients	438	520	558	636	779	844	987	1,101	1,194
	Deaths	8	19	17	19	19	23	32	31	21
	Rate	18.4	37.5	31.1	30.4	24.8	27.7	32.9	28.6	17.8
65+ Years	Patients	32	37	37	48	53	41	49	64	60
	Deaths	2	3	1	3	3	3	1	2	5
	Rate	66.2	86.8	27.3	64.5	58.4	76.3	20.8	31.9	88.2
Unknown	Patients	1	2	2	5	8	10	11	3	1
	Deaths	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	0.0	96.4	*	*

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.