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

Donor Age 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
50-64 Years Patients 774 812 866 894 913 875 920 1,023 1,049
Deaths 51 87 72 77 83 73 73 96 106
Rate 69.0 114.5 87.5 91.1 95.8 88.0 83.5 99.5 107.5
65+ Years Patients 300 319 347 332 257 307 322 345 353
Deaths 40 39 38 38 25 51 42 38 32
Rate 145.8 132.2 117.3 123.6 103.4 185.6 144.0 118.5 95.5


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.