Table 5.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 45,312 49,211 53,330 57,079 60,567 64,200 68,230 71,874 76,941 82,582
Deaths 1,949 2,184 2,528 3,320 3,125 3,375 3,729 3,853 4,038 4,156
Rate 64.2 65.2 69.1 84.0 73.6 73.6 76.6 74.7 73.1 70.2
<1 Year Patients 1 2 3 3 2 - - 4 6 3
Deaths - - - - - - - - 1 -
Rate * * * * * - - * * *
1-5 Years Patients 143 134 127 124 127 149 150 164 181 200
Deaths 6 3 7 4 5 3 4 4 3 5
Rate 84.1 46.9 111.5 66.9 85.9 45.1 64.2 56.2 35.9 54.9
6-10 Years Patients 178 203 194 175 182 213 231 209 219 234
Deaths - - 2 3 7 1 2 3 4 4
Rate - - 18.8 32.6 75.6 9.2 16.7 28.0 36.2 34.6
11-17 Years Patients 639 626 664 686 647 724 787 856 931 960
Deaths 5 8 5 15 6 5 18 12 9 15
Rate 14.3 22.5 12.9 40.9 16.5 12.9 41.7 26.1 17.7 28.6
18-34 Years Patients 8,657 8,935 9,091 9,271 9,106 9,151 9,330 9,521 9,868 9,991
Deaths 213 197 226 258 226 215 242 232 207 217
Rate 36.6 32.6 36.2 40.2 35.0 33.3 36.4 34.1 29.6 30.6
35-49 Years Patients 17,446 18,385 19,233 19,690 20,256 20,690 21,247 21,915 22,778 23,971
Deaths 693 715 773 969 831 817 827 845 853 820
Rate 58.4 56.3 57.5 69.8 57.7 54.4 53.6 52.7 51.2 46.9
50-64 Years Patients 14,690 16,724 18,961 21,177 23,272 25,268 27,410 29,076 31,492 34,220
Deaths 766 916 1,130 1,464 1,455 1,649 1,816 1,839 1,923 2,054
Rate 78.2 80.3 87.1 99.6 89.1 91.0 92.9 87.8 84.6 83.3
65+ Years Patients 3,558 4,202 5,057 5,953 6,975 8,005 9,075 10,129 11,466 13,003
Deaths 266 345 385 607 595 685 820 918 1,038 1,041
Rate 113.6 122.2 113.4 151.0 124.7 120.5 128.1 128.5 127.9 113.0


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.