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

PRA at Transplant 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
0%-9% Patients 5,249 5,106 5,129 5,272 5,064 5,163 5,340 5,422 5,318
Deaths 277 247 252 218 250 292 235 254 244
Rate 54.7 50.0 50.8 42.5 51.0 58.6 45.3 48.3 47.2
10%-79% Patients 730 800 738 738 794 816 741 794 911
Deaths 45 39 30 36 38 54 36 39 40
Rate 64.2 50.4 42.0 50.5 49.4 69.1 50.1 50.8 45.2
80%+ Patients 232 248 249 207 260 266 277 332 353
Deaths 22 14 7 12 16 15 18 8 14
Rate 101.0 58.5 28.6 60.0 64.1 58.7 68.0 24.3 40.8
Unknown Patients 383 367 390 463 570 543 528 497 439
Deaths 21 12 20 21 29 23 23 25 18
Rate 57.2 33.3 52.9 46.7 52.5 43.4 44.7 52.0 42.2


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.