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

Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized Patients 6,387 6,351 6,387 6,509 6,513 6,692 6,740 6,906 6,893
Deaths 354 299 299 272 321 371 304 315 301
Rate 57.6 48.6 48.3 42.9 50.9 57.4 46.5 47.0 44.9
Hospitalized Patients 74 65 91 134 151 77 135 132 120
Deaths 4 6 9 12 8 8 7 11 13
Rate 56.8 98.1 107.4 96.2 55.4 112.0 53.6 87.9 114.7
In Intensive Care Patients 21 41 26 33 20 18 10 7 8
Deaths 2 4 1 3 4 5 1 0 2
Rate 102.0 106.1 39.7 99.1 239.2 365.6 110.7 * *
Unknown Patients 112 64 2 4 4 1 1 - -
Deaths 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Rate 45.9 48.2 * * * * * - -


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.