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

Previous Tx Any Organ		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
No	Patients	2,721	3,071	3,305	3,562	3,966	4,225	4,879	5,288	5,488
	Deaths	57	86	70	91	89	93	116	130	126
	Rate	21.2	28.6	21.5	26.0	22.8	22.3	24.1	24.9	23.3
Yes	Patients	286	312	357	363	442	472	570	723	748
	Deaths	11	9	12	12	12	15	20	28	16
	Rate	39.3	29.4	34.5	33.8	27.6	32.5	35.7	39.7	21.6

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.