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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 3,779 3,793 3,700 3,707 3,690 3,640 3,589 3,592 3,444
Deaths 229 195 182 168 182 204 156 182 157
Rate 63.2 53.2 50.9 46.7 51.0 58.1 44.8 52.3 46.8
African American Patients 1,770 1,711 1,816 1,825 1,846 1,958 2,057 2,091 2,107
Deaths 85 80 92 80 93 123 108 96 107
Rate 49.6 48.4 52.4 45.1 52.0 65.5 54.3 47.3 52.4
Hispanic/Latino Patients 726 654 622 742 761 783 857 935 988
Deaths 38 23 21 18 37 37 29 34 37
Rate 54.0 35.9 34.6 24.6 50.3 48.8 34.6 37.3 38.4
Asian Patients 256 291 316 341 311 334 330 349 398
Deaths 7 10 13 17 12 17 15 12 15
Rate 27.8 35.1 42.2 51.7 39.6 52.4 46.8 35.1 38.6
Other/Multi-race Patients 63 72 51 64 80 73 53 77 83
Deaths 6 4 1 4 9 3 4 2 0
Rate 103.9 57.4 20.0 65.1 122.8 41.6 80.0 26.5 0.0
Unknown Patients - - 1 1 - - - 1 1
Deaths - - 0 0 - - - 0 0
Rate - - * * - - - * *


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.