Table 5.7b

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

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

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 1,074 1,131 1,213 1,226 1,170 1,182 1,242 1,368 1,402
Deaths 91 126 110 115 108 124 115 134 138
Rate 89.7 119.4 95.9 99.8 97.5 112.3 98.6 104.2 104.5
O Patients 501 554 547 553 550 507 583 650 659
Deaths 53 64 47 53 49 49 49 58 58
Rate 114.3 124.2 90.7 101.7 94.1 103.3 88.9 94.2 93.0
A Patients 385 437 484 461 459 454 451 501 518
Deaths 26 48 47 43 51 47 39 49 62
Rate 70.3 117.7 103.0 99.4 118.6 110.4 91.8 104.2 128.5
B Patients 130 123 132 162 118 151 154 157 170
Deaths 5 14 12 13 4 20 23 22 16
Rate 39.3 121.6 95.7 84.9 34.7 144.6 165.2 153.2 99.4
AB Patients 58 17 50 50 43 70 54 60 55
Deaths 7 0 4 6 4 8 4 5 2
Rate 131.7 0.0 84.5 130.6 95.6 121.6 78.2 88.9 37.2


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.