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

Recipient Age at Tx		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
1-5 Years	Patients	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	*	*	-	*	-
11-17 Years	Patients	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
	Deaths	0	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	-	-	*	-	-	-
18-34 Years	Patients	294	327	290	297	301	250	227	243	218
	Deaths	20	19	12	9	14	7	8	12	9
	Rate	71.5	60.3	42.6	31.0	48.1	28.5	36.2	51.2	42.4
35-49 Years	Patients	415	528	512	489	580	586	555	505	542
	Deaths	41	29	33	30	36	33	28	27	28
	Rate	105.8	56.6	67.3	64.1	64.8	58.8	52.3	55.6	53.6
50-64 Years	Patients	36	54	44	55	85	93	123	137	139
	Deaths	4	9	6	4	9	7	8	12	8
	Rate	121.9	189.1	147.1	76.5	114.9	78.6	68.0	93.7	59.7
65+ Years	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	0
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	*

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.