Table 5.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor non-ECD Kidney Transplantation

Residency Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 6,594 6,521 6,506 6,680 6,688 6,788 6,886 7,045 7,021
Deaths 365 312 309 287 333 384 312 326 316
Rate 57.5 49.4 49.1 44.2 51.5 58.7 46.7 47.7 46.3
U.S. Resident Patients 6,528 6,444 6,437 6,599 6,625 6,738 6,830 6,981 6,984
Deaths 364 307 304 285 330 383 312 322 316
Rate 57.9 49.2 48.8 44.4 51.5 59.0 47.1 47.5 46.5
Nonresident Alien Patients 43 53 45 52 43 40 48 58 34
Deaths 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 4 0
Rate 0.0 19.1 46.2 0.0 48.7 25.3 0.0 72.0 0.0
Unknown Patients 23 24 24 29 20 10 8 6 3
Deaths 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Rate 45.4 193.9 138.6 72.7 51.8 0.0 * * *


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

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.