Table 8.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 910 848 841 967 931 907 886 902 865
Deaths 57 50 43 59 47 42 51 45 38
Rate 65.0 61.3 53.0 63.8 52.4 47.9 60.1 51.7 45.2
O Patients 428 391 425 455 422 401 390 401 430
Deaths 24 20 23 26 22 23 24 21 18
Rate 58.0 53.1 56.5 59.8 54.1 60.0 64.2 54.4 43.0
A Patients 333 344 320 369 363 361 351 369 300
Deaths 28 22 17 23 18 16 21 17 12
Rate 88.5 66.5 54.8 65.0 51.6 45.8 62.7 47.5 41.2
B Patients 110 82 66 104 102 114 110 100 94
Deaths 4 7 3 7 4 3 4 3 6
Rate 37.0 90.0 46.9 69.7 40.0 26.6 37.5 30.6 66.6
AB Patients 39 31 30 39 44 31 35 32 41
Deaths 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 4 2
Rate 26.2 33.2 0.0 83.0 71.3 0.0 59.8 138.1 50.4


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.