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

Level of HLA Mismatch 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
0 Patients 10 10 11 21 46 43 42 45 39
Deaths 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 3 0
Rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 115.6 74.1 73.8 69.5 0.0
1 Patients 16 11 8 9 13 18 11 11 9
Deaths 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Rate 140.3 203.3 * * 0.0 0.0 99.2 99.8 *
2 Patients 47 62 50 37 37 26 37 31 36
Deaths 2 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 1
Rate 44.2 68.3 62.0 0.0 56.3 0.0 27.6 33.0 28.5
3 Patients 122 167 152 133 133 130 122 125 143
Deaths 18 14 4 8 7 7 5 8 4
Rate 165.2 88.2 26.7 62.2 54.7 55.8 42.5 67.6 28.5
4 Patients 253 266 245 239 276 281 235 235 228
Deaths 20 16 14 12 11 11 14 11 9
Rate 82.8 62.1 59.6 52.2 40.9 40.3 62.1 48.4 40.4
5 Patients 205 272 237 266 309 280 306 280 295
Deaths 15 17 17 11 25 16 11 17 17
Rate 77.4 64.9 75.0 42.7 85.7 59.5 36.9 63.5 60.1
6 Patients 88 120 140 129 152 151 152 159 152
Deaths 7 4 12 10 9 10 9 10 14
Rate 84.3 34.0 90.7 81.9 62.4 69.5 61.5 65.7 98.5
Unknown Patients 5 2 4 7 1 2 2 - -
Deaths 1 0 0 1 0 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.