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

Hospitalized at Tx 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
Not Hospitalized Patients 6,351 6,387 6,513 6,515 6,692 6,741 6,905 6,892 7,515
Deaths 301 303 274 323 376 304 316 301 313
Rate 48.9 49.0 43.2 51.3 58.2 46.5 47.1 44.9 42.8
Hospitalized Patients 65 91 134 151 76 135 132 120 94
Deaths 6 9 12 8 8 7 11 13 5
Rate 98.1 107.4 96.2 55.4 113.6 53.6 87.9 114.7 55.5
In Intensive Care Patients 41 26 33 20 18 10 7 8 17
Deaths 4 1 4 4 5 1 0 2 2
Rate 106.1 39.7 134.3 239.2 365.6 110.7 * * 122.1
Unknown Patients 64 - 5 4 1 1 - - 1
Deaths 3 - 0 0 0 0 - - 0
Rate 48.2 - * * * * - - *


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.