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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	2,489	2,568	2,552	2,662	2,696	2,668	2,763	2,875	2,768
	Deaths	125	110	117	110	138	142	112	122	104
	Rate	51.9	44.1	47.3	42.5	53.0	55.1	41.6	43.6	38.5
Male	Patients	4,105	3,953	3,954	4,018	3,992	4,120	4,123	4,170	4,253
	Deaths	240	202	192	177	195	242	200	204	212
	Rate	60.9	52.9	50.2	45.3	50.5	61.0	50.1	50.5	51.4

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.