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

PRA at Transplant 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
0%-9% Patients 4,729 5,013 5,284 5,121 5,163 5,352 5,450 5,342 5,619
Deaths 234 255 223 256 293 237 253 239 232
Rate 51.2 52.7 43.4 51.7 58.9 45.6 47.8 45.9 42.4
10%-79% Patients 785 751 746 804 820 748 796 914 1,079
Deaths 40 31 36 38 55 36 42 42 50
Rate 52.7 42.6 49.8 48.8 70.2 49.7 54.7 47.4 47.9
80%+ Patients 246 246 204 264 265 277 334 358 475
Deaths 14 7 12 17 15 18 8 14 24
Rate 59.0 29.0 61.0 67.3 58.9 68.0 24.2 40.2 51.9
Unknown Patients 761 494 451 501 539 510 464 406 454
Deaths 26 20 19 24 26 21 24 21 14
Rate 34.9 41.5 43.2 49.5 49.6 42.2 53.5 53.7 31.4


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.