Table 5.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2004

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 41,719 45,345 49,248 53,368 57,126 60,609 64,246 68,297 71,966 77,148
Deaths 1,625 1,945 2,185 2,529 3,315 3,114 3,365 3,722 3,852 4,030
Rate 59.4 63.5 64.7 68.6 83.3 72.8 72.9 76.0 74.2 72.2
<1 Year Patients 1 1 2 3 3 2 - - 4 6
Deaths - - - - - - - - - 1
Rate * * * * * * - - * *
1-5 Years Patients 125 143 134 128 124 127 149 150 163 182
Deaths 3 6 3 7 4 5 3 4 4 3
Rate 48.2 83.5 46.6 111.4 66.4 85.7 45.0 63.7 56.1 35.1
6-10 Years Patients 175 178 203 195 175 182 214 231 209 220
Deaths 4 - - 3 3 7 1 2 3 4
Rate 45.3 - - 27.9 32.5 75.2 9.1 16.7 27.9 36.0
11-17 Years Patients 612 639 627 666 686 647 724 787 857 932
Deaths 9 5 8 5 15 6 5 18 12 9
Rate 28.0 14.3 22.4 12.8 40.6 16.4 12.8 41.5 25.9 17.6
18-34 Years Patients 8,516 8,664 8,944 9,099 9,279 9,111 9,155 9,339 9,529 9,883
Deaths 186 212 199 227 256 227 213 241 232 208
Rate 33.1 36.0 32.5 36.0 39.6 34.9 32.7 36.0 33.8 29.5
35-49 Years Patients 16,497 17,461 18,401 19,252 19,712 20,276 20,706 21,255 21,935 22,832
Deaths 600 690 716 773 970 830 818 824 840 856
Rate 54.8 57.6 55.8 57.0 69.3 57.2 54.1 53.0 52.0 50.9
50-64 Years Patients 12,856 14,700 16,734 18,966 21,192 23,284 25,286 27,446 29,124 31,576
Deaths 624 767 914 1,129 1,462 1,444 1,643 1,815 1,839 1,914
Rate 73.8 77.7 79.6 86.5 98.8 87.9 90.1 92.2 87.2 83.4
65+ Years Patients 2,937 3,559 4,203 5,059 5,955 6,980 8,012 9,089 10,145 11,517
Deaths 199 265 345 385 605 595 682 818 922 1,035
Rate 106.8 112.3 121.6 112.7 149.4 123.8 119.1 126.8 127.8 125.6


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.