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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 6,445 6,437 6,604 6,628 6,738 6,831 6,980 6,983 7,582
Deaths 309 309 288 332 388 312 323 316 319
Rate 49.5 49.6 44.9 51.8 59.8 47.1 47.7 46.5 43.2
Nonresident Alien Patients 53 45 52 43 40 48 58 34 40
Deaths 1 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 1
Rate 19.1 46.2 0.0 48.7 25.3 0.0 72.0 0.0 25.2
Unknown Patients 23 22 29 19 9 8 6 3 5
Deaths 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rate 203.8 98.1 72.7 54.6 * * * * *


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.