Table 5.7b

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor ECD Kidney Transplantation

Gender Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 1,005 1,074 1,131 1,213 1,226 1,170 1,182 1,242 1,368
Deaths 81 90 123 110 115 106 124 115 134
Rate 84.9 88.7 116.5 95.9 99.8 95.6 112.3 98.6 104.2
Female Patients 363 428 446 490 471 480 464 491 489
Deaths 28 37 55 47 43 35 43 41 50
Rate 81.2 91.6 134.2 101.8 96.9 76.1 98.3 88.5 109.1
Male Patients 642 646 685 723 755 690 718 751 879
Deaths 53 53 68 63 72 71 81 74 84
Rate 86.9 86.8 105.3 92.0 101.6 109.3 121.5 105.3 101.5


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.