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

PRA at Transplant 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
0%-9% Patients 787 888 959 980 897 909 1,023 1,110 1,129
Deaths 62 95 79 89 91 97 92 108 103
Rate 83.2 114.3 86.6 96.5 107.6 114.5 95.7 103.5 96.4
10%-79% Patients 115 117 122 115 138 126 97 120 136
Deaths 10 12 14 11 9 9 14 15 18
Rate 92.0 109.7 123.3 101.0 68.1 74.2 160.6 136.2 145.8
80%+ Patients 25 27 35 35 38 36 34 28 23
Deaths 6 4 3 6 3 1 3 1 1
Rate 267.1 168.4 90.2 189.4 81.2 28.1 92.0 35.8 45.2
Unknown Patients 147 99 97 96 97 111 88 110 114
Deaths 13 15 14 9 5 17 6 10 16
Rate 94.2 164.9 158.8 100.1 53.8 169.8 70.8 96.6 150.8


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.