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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
<1 Year Patients - - - - 1 - - - -
Deaths - - - - 0 - - - -
Rate - - - - * - - - -
1-5 Years Patients 36 53 41 38 48 35 40 46 49
Deaths 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 2
Rate 28.2 0.0 50.8 26.7 42.8 0.0 25.0 44.5 41.8
6-10 Years Patients 64 58 67 68 57 50 59 61 70
Deaths 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0
Rate 15.8 0.0 0.0 30.2 54.6 20.4 0.0 16.6 0.0
11-17 Years Patients 212 190 179 160 224 184 180 207 248
Deaths 3 3 4 2 3 1 3 0 5
Rate 14.3 16.0 22.6 12.6 13.5 5.5 16.9 0.0 20.3
18-34 Years Patients 1,424 1,290 1,228 1,219 1,191 1,191 1,157 1,119 1,024
Deaths 35 32 18 22 25 24 19 29 18
Rate 25.0 25.2 14.8 18.3 21.3 20.4 16.6 26.3 17.8
35-49 Years Patients 2,484 2,499 2,487 2,441 2,333 2,340 2,351 2,314 2,234
Deaths 111 99 96 73 74 92 75 74 75
Rate 46.0 40.7 39.7 30.5 32.4 40.3 32.5 32.6 34.2
50-64 Years Patients 1,993 2,015 2,101 2,219 2,315 2,362 2,454 2,584 2,644
Deaths 158 137 147 133 168 194 153 152 160
Rate 83.8 71.2 73.4 62.4 76.3 86.8 65.0 61.2 62.9
65+ Years Patients 381 416 403 535 519 626 645 714 752
Deaths 56 41 42 54 58 72 61 68 56
Rate 163.5 105.9 111.4 107.2 120.3 123.4 101.3 101.1 77.8


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.