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

Recipient Age at Tx		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
<1 Year	Patients	2	7	6	3	3	7	4	5	6
	Deaths	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	52	71	81	88	71	87	69	110	91
	Deaths	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	4
	Rate	19.5	44.0	25.2	11.5	0.0	0.0	29.5	18.4	44.7
6-10 Years	Patients	63	81	81	64	80	78	69	79	93
	Deaths	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
	Rate	16.0	51.1	12.5	0.0	12.7	0.0	0.0	12.8	0.0
11-17 Years	Patients	186	230	210	218	219	226	204	240	251
	Deaths	2	4	2	3	2	3	0	3	2
	Rate	10.8	17.6	9.6	13.9	9.2	13.4	0.0	12.6	8.0
18-34 Years	Patients	1,093	1,026	1,136	1,138	1,228	1,255	1,275	1,430	1,348
	Deaths	12	14	7	17	11	13	13	19	12
	Rate	11.1	13.8	6.2	15.1	9.0	10.4	10.2	13.4	9.0
35-49 Years	Patients	1,026	1,176	1,273	1,319	1,509	1,578	1,943	1,997	2,012
	Deaths	23	20	26	31	29	31	39	40	34
	Rate	22.7	17.2	20.8	23.8	19.4	19.9	20.3	20.2	17.1
50-64 Years	Patients	526	687	748	950	1,111	1,245	1,546	1,771	1,918
	Deaths	26	39	36	41	41	49	61	73	66
	Rate	50.8	59.0	49.8	44.4	37.8	40.4	40.3	42.3	35.2
65+ Years	Patients	59	105	127	145	187	221	339	379	517
	Deaths	1	10	8	10	17	12	21	20	24
	Rate	17.2	101.1	65.8	72.8	96.0	56.4	64.6	54.5	47.8

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.