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

Gender 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
Female Patients 2,568 2,552 2,666 2,697 2,668 2,764 2,875 2,767 3,097
Deaths 110 120 112 139 143 112 122 105 120
Rate 44.1 48.6 43.2 53.4 55.5 41.6 43.6 38.8 39.7
Male Patients 3,953 3,952 4,019 3,993 4,119 4,123 4,169 4,253 4,530
Deaths 204 193 178 196 246 200 205 211 200
Rate 53.4 50.5 45.5 50.7 62.0 50.1 50.7 51.1 45.4


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.