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

Level of HLA Mismatch		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
0	Patients	547	612	570	563	579	552	625	654	653
	Deaths	6	11	2	8	9	9	9	13	4
	Rate	11.0	18.1	3.5	14.3	15.7	16.5	14.6	20.2	6.2
1	Patients	276	276	300	301	333	345	347	421	411
	Deaths	3	9	7	2	5	12	6	8	11
	Rate	10.9	33.4	23.7	6.7	15.2	35.5	17.5	19.2	27.3
2	Patients	733	754	787	871	896	925	1,087	1,179	1,159
	Deaths	18	23	23	24	10	21	23	32	23
	Rate	24.9	31.2	29.8	28.1	11.2	23.0	21.4	27.6	20.1
3	Patients	964	1,121	1,127	1,167	1,337	1,406	1,579	1,751	1,876
	Deaths	21	37	28	33	33	30	35	41	62
	Rate	22.1	33.7	25.3	28.8	25.1	21.6	22.4	23.7	33.7
4	Patients	180	237	331	347	455	540	647	711	749
	Deaths	4	4	7	15	13	12	21	16	18
	Rate	22.5	17.1	21.5	44.5	29.1	22.5	33.0	22.8	24.5
5	Patients	200	233	297	383	444	541	721	818	893
	Deaths	11	7	6	13	17	14	24	33	20
	Rate	57.1	30.8	20.5	34.7	39.2	26.3	33.7	41.3	22.7
6	Patients	67	98	165	160	229	234	331	412	448
	Deaths	2	2	5	5	9	8	15	14	4
	Rate	30.6	20.7	30.9	31.9	40.3	35.1	46.6	34.5	9.0
Unknown	Patients	40	52	85	133	135	154	112	65	47
	Deaths	3	2	4	3	5	2	3	1	0
	Rate	78.6	39.2	48.4	22.8	37.6	13.2	27.5	15.6	0.0

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.