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

Previous Tx Any Organ 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
No Patients 5,613 5,537 5,514 5,665 5,694 5,652 5,794 5,948 5,968
Deaths 299 264 271 242 292 306 256 274 269
Rate 55.2 49.3 50.8 43.9 53.1 56.0 45.5 47.5 46.4
Yes Patients 981 984 992 1,015 994 1,136 1,092 1,097 1,053
Deaths 66 48 38 45 41 78 56 52 47
Rate 70.4 50.3 39.3 45.6 42.5 71.9 53.2 48.8 45.7


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.