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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	428	446	490	471	480	464	491	489	524
	Deaths	37	56	47	43	35	43	41	50	42
	Rate	91.6	136.8	101.8	96.9	76.1	98.3	88.5	109.1	84.3
Male	Patients	646	685	723	755	690	718	751	879	878
	Deaths	54	70	63	72	73	81	74	84	96
	Rate	88.5	108.4	92.0	101.6	112.6	121.5	105.3	101.5	116.7

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.