Table 5.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2004

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

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 6,521 6,504 6,685 6,690 6,787 6,887 7,044 7,020 7,627
Deaths 314 313 290 335 389 312 327 316 320
Rate 49.7 49.7 44.6 51.8 59.5 46.7 47.8 46.3 43.1
O Patients 2,829 2,808 2,948 2,844 2,977 3,033 3,087 3,241 3,458
Deaths 134 147 134 144 173 136 141 139 154
Rate 48.9 54.3 46.9 52.4 60.3 46.2 47.0 44.1 45.8
A Patients 2,631 2,511 2,562 2,578 2,611 2,658 2,722 2,598 2,777
Deaths 129 112 102 127 143 122 143 122 99
Rate 50.7 45.9 40.8 50.9 56.8 47.3 54.4 48.3 36.4
B Patients 694 821 850 858 828 825 842 826 1,019
Deaths 37 35 38 44 48 38 27 39 49
Rate 55.4 44.1 46.0 53.1 60.0 47.6 32.8 48.6 49.7
AB Patients 367 364 325 410 371 371 393 355 373
Deaths 14 19 16 20 25 16 16 16 18
Rate 39.1 54.5 50.6 50.5 70.4 44.5 41.6 46.3 49.8


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

(-) = None in category.

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

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

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.

Donors are divided into two mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria

for Expanded Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were allocated under the ECD system. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and DCDs.