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

Level of HLA Mismatch (Total) 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
A Locus Mismatch 0 Patients 1,538 1,540 1,482 1,547 1,636 1,641 1,609 1,593 1,511
Deaths 84 72 71 57 74 93 77 67 62
Rate 56.6 48.1 49.5 37.7 46.7 58.9 49.4 43.1 42.1
1 Patients 2,449 2,377 2,325 2,472 2,372 2,408 2,543 2,468 2,474
Deaths 136 109 112 111 113 131 118 118 93
Rate 57.7 47.3 49.8 46.2 49.2 56.3 47.8 49.4 38.5
2 Patients 2,604 2,598 2,684 2,648 2,670 2,733 2,734 2,983 3,034
Deaths 145 131 125 119 145 159 117 141 161
Rate 57.8 52.2 48.1 46.3 56.2 60.4 44.0 48.7 54.7
Unknown Patients 3 6 15 13 10 6 0 1 2
Deaths 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rate * * 69.6 0.0 109.3 * 0.0 * *
B Locus Mismatch 0 Patients 1,597 1,608 1,554 1,657 1,664 1,650 1,543 1,596 1,376
Deaths 102 76 66 58 74 88 63 73 48
Rate 66.7 48.7 43.7 35.8 45.8 55.3 41.9 47.0 35.6
1 Patients 2,650 2,592 2,510 2,556 2,416 2,398 2,470 2,393 1,911
Deaths 131 121 112 111 115 133 117 83 81
Rate 51.2 48.2 46.1 44.6 49.2 57.6 48.9 35.5 43.5
2 Patients 2,344 2,316 2,427 2,454 2,598 2,734 2,873 3,055 3,732
Deaths 131 115 130 118 143 162 132 170 187
Rate 58.0 51.4 55.5 49.7 57.1 61.4 47.4 57.7 51.7
Unknown Patients 3 5 15 13 10 6 - 1 2
Deaths 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 0 0
Rate * * 69.6 0.0 109.3 * - * *
DR Locus Mismatch 0 Patients 2,332 2,255 2,188 2,233 2,158 2,175 2,277 2,259 2,056
Deaths 121 106 104 76 103 113 93 91 81
Rate 53.7 48.5 49.1 34.8 49.2 53.8 42.0 41.3 40.3
1 Patients 2,880 2,871 2,776 2,857 2,778 2,910 2,751 2,726 2,861
Deaths 158 136 118 139 133 170 112 132 121
Rate 56.9 48.9 43.7 50.2 49.4 60.7 41.8 49.9 43.4
2 Patients 1,367 1,383 1,523 1,570 1,734 1,692 1,854 2,055 2,096
Deaths 85 69 87 71 96 100 107 103 114
Rate 65.0 51.7 59.5 46.6 57.6 61.3 60.0 51.9 56.3
Unknown Patients 15 12 19 20 18 11 4 5 8
Deaths 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Rate 71.2 90.1 0.0 52.0 58.3 92.2 * * *
Total Mismatch 0 Patients 946 954 938 978 1,059 1,037 1,094 1,135 1,103
Deaths 58 48 43 32 46 52 44 46 40
Rate 64.0 52.0 47.3 33.4 44.8 52.0 41.3 41.5 37.1
1 Patients 281 290 281 310 299 304 216 172 113
Deaths 9 11 10 12 14 20 6 13 3
Rate 32.7 38.9 36.5 39.7 48.4 68.9 28.2 78.4 26.7
2 Patients 788 770 651 724 615 634 625 609 420
Deaths 42 37 23 21 23 38 34 24 18
Rate 54.9 49.5 36.2 29.5 38.3 62.4 56.2 40.4 43.9
3 Patients 1,483 1,401 1,359 1,463 1,336 1,313 1,348 1,256 1,017
Deaths 80 61 67 73 71 70 65 48 40
Rate 56.1 44.7 51.0 51.4 55.0 55.0 49.8 39.3 40.4
4 Patients 1,572 1,569 1,606 1,430 1,440 1,546 1,537 1,590 1,697
Deaths 88 73 78 66 70 82 63 67 77
Rate 58.2 48.1 50.4 47.6 50.2 54.9 42.1 43.1 46.6
5 Patients 1,064 1,037 1,119 1,181 1,268 1,327 1,352 1,422 1,812
Deaths 58 53 65 56 72 84 62 80 76
Rate 56.6 53.0 60.3 49.0 59.0 65.8 47.2 58.5 43.1
6 Patients 442 485 530 571 651 615 710 856 850
Deaths 28 28 22 26 36 37 38 48 62
Rate 65.9 60.1 42.7 47.0 57.4 62.7 55.7 58.0 76.2
Unknown Patients 18 15 22 23 20 12 4 5 9
Deaths 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Rate 118.8 70.9 46.8 45.0 52.2 84.4 * * *


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.