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

Primary Diagnosis		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
Glomerular Diseases	Patients	990	1,214	1,259	1,346	1,430	1,511	1,701	1,799	1,911
	Deaths	18	22	9	15	15	30	31	32	29
	Rate	18.4	18.3	7.2	11.2	10.6	20.1	18.4	18.0	15.3
Diabetes	Patients	643	685	766	772	942	970	1,112	1,293	1,375
	Deaths	19	34	27	37	42	34	41	60	50
	Rate	30.1	51.5	36.2	49.6	45.8	35.8	37.6	47.7	37.3
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis	Patients	268	299	376	448	467	491	581	655	682
	Deaths	9	11	12	13	12	14	23	17	16
	Rate	34.1	37.6	32.6	29.5	26.1	29.1	40.7	26.3	23.9
Polycystic Kidneys	Patients	152	222	235	257	359	370	458	550	571
	Deaths	3	5	7	10	5	4	6	8	11
	Rate	19.9	22.8	30.4	40.1	14.0	10.9	13.2	14.6	19.5
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases	Patients	262	288	314	325	337	368	403	418	417
	Deaths	2	6	10	8	7	7	7	11	10
	Rate	7.7	21.1	32.7	24.9	21.1	19.2	17.5	26.8	24.3
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases	Patients	109	142	111	129	144	201	228	262	262
	Deaths	1	2	4	4	4	8	7	6	5
	Rate	9.2	14.2	36.9	31.7	28.5	41.0	31.3	23.2	19.4
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders	Patients	160	177	209	199	183	197	210	259	264
	Deaths	2	5	4	2	3	3	2	4	2
	Rate	12.6	28.9	19.4	10.1	16.6	15.4	9.6	15.7	7.6
Neoplasms	Patients	16	19	14	14	16	17	24	30	30
	Deaths	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Rate	65.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	130.4	0.0	42.9	33.7	0.0
Other	Patients	338	261	324	366	430	444	559	553	549
	Deaths	9	8	8	10	8	3	15	12	17
	Rate	27.0	31.3	25.1	27.8	18.8	6.8	27.2	21.9	31.5
Unknown	Patients	69	76	54	69	100	128	173	192	175
	Deaths	4	2	1	4	3	5	3	7	2
	Rate	59.7	26.7	18.9	60.1	30.7	40.1	17.5	37.3	11.5

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.