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

Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized	Patients	2,901	3,288	3,560	3,823	4,220	4,542	5,334	5,837	6,093
	Deaths	64	90	79	99	95	100	131	150	135
	Rate	22.3	27.9	22.5	26.3	22.8	22.3	24.9	26.1	22.5
Hospitalized	Patients	43	64	76	85	155	127	92	156	134
	Deaths	3	3	1	3	5	5	3	8	5
	Rate	73.8	47.9	13.3	36.5	33.0	40.5	33.7	52.5	38.2
In Intensive Care	Patients	13	18	15	14	21	11	13	15	8
	Deaths	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	2
	Rate	80.9	57.9	152.8	76.9	49.5	215.2	79.4	0.0	*
Unknown	Patients	50	13	11	3	12	17	10	3	1
	Deaths	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
	Rate	0.0	80.5	0.0	*	0.0	61.0	106.7	*	*

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.