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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 602 633 658 650 616 625 627 683 660
Deaths 47 79 61 73 63 68 61 67 72
Rate 82.4 134.7 98.5 121.1 108.5 116.6 104.3 105.0 115.9
African American Patients 319 316 350 350 352 352 396 457 415
Deaths 31 35 36 27 29 34 36 53 37
Rate 103.7 118.8 109.3 80.9 86.8 102.9 96.7 123.9 94.9
Hispanic/Latino Patients 93 119 123 130 111 121 130 134 193
Deaths 5 8 11 7 12 10 7 7 19
Rate 55.4 70.8 94.7 55.5 116.0 87.5 55.2 53.7 103.9
Asian Patients 48 56 63 78 77 68 76 79 102
Deaths 5 3 2 5 2 10 10 6 7
Rate 112.1 55.2 31.9 67.4 26.2 164.5 143.8 80.4 72.2
Other/Multi-race Patients 12 7 19 18 14 16 13 15 32
Deaths 3 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 3
Rate 295.4 * 0.0 187.8 151.7 131.1 77.9 69.2 101.4


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.