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

Cold Ischemic Time 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
0-11 Hours Patients 288 288 300 326 290 320 298 336 341
Deaths 14 21 17 19 8 14 17 20 16
Rate 50.1 76.4 59.0 60.8 28.2 45.2 59.4 62.4 48.3
12-21 Hours Patients 497 438 397 444 426 342 321 344 318
Deaths 36 19 19 25 24 8 15 14 12
Rate 75.6 44.5 49.5 58.5 58.6 23.8 48.5 41.8 39.0
22-31 Hours Patients 90 73 89 90 88 78 67 47 29
Deaths 4 7 4 4 6 8 2 1 2
Rate 45.6 104.9 46.3 46.1 72.4 110.2 30.5 21.3 71.4
32-41 Hours Patients 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 3
Deaths 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rate * * * * * * * * *
42+ Hours Patients 4 3 - - 1 1 - 1 1
Deaths 0 0 - - 0 0 - 0 0
Rate * * - - * * - * *
Unknown Patients 28 44 52 106 123 163 197 172 173
Deaths 3 2 3 11 9 11 17 10 7
Rate 115.5 47.3 60.5 112.6 76.9 70.9 92.1 60.4 41.4


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.