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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
1-5 Years Patients - 2 - 2 - - - - -
Deaths - 0 - 0 - - - - -
Rate - * - * - - - - -
6-10 Years Patients 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 - -
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - -
Rate * * * * * * * - -
11-17 Years Patients 7 8 4 13 5 3 2 1 1
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rate * * * 0.0 * * * * *
18-34 Years Patients 160 131 110 132 115 106 79 89 59
Deaths 3 4 5 4 9 1 2 3 1
Rate 19.0 31.1 46.3 30.9 81.8 9.5 25.6 34.4 17.0
35-49 Years Patients 373 339 328 344 314 299 270 271 246
Deaths 28 16 18 13 15 13 14 15 16
Rate 78.6 48.8 56.7 38.5 49.1 44.3 53.8 57.2 67.8
50-64 Years Patients 350 458 525 540 588 533 582 594 668
Deaths 38 50 68 67 60 60 59 58 62
Rate 116.8 117.6 140.6 134.3 109.6 120.4 108.2 104.6 98.3
65+ Years Patients 114 133 162 180 201 228 248 287 394
Deaths 12 20 32 26 31 31 49 39 55
Rate 111.9 167.0 227.3 158.4 170.7 148.2 225.2 149.7 153.3


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.