Table 8.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Kidney-Pancreas Transplants

Residency Year of Transplant
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total Patients 746 910 847 841 967 931 907 886 902
Deaths 65 57 51 43 59 47 44 51 45
Rate 92.7 65.0 62.7 53.0 63.8 52.4 50.2 60.1 51.7
U.S. Resident Patients 745 902 834 828 951 924 900 883 897
Deaths 65 57 49 40 57 47 42 51 44
Rate 92.9 65.6 61.0 50.0 62.6 52.8 48.2 60.3 50.7
Nonresident Alien Patients - 6 6 3 8 4 3 3 1
Deaths - 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Rate - * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients 1 2 7 10 8 3 4 - 4
Deaths 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 - 1
Rate * * * 227.9 * * * - *

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.