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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
1-5 Years Patients 2 - 2 - - - - - -
Deaths 0 - 0 - - - - - -
Rate * - * - - - - - -
6-10 Years Patients 3 2 2 3 1 1 - - -
Deaths 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - -
Rate * * * * * * - - -
11-17 Years Patients 8 4 13 5 3 2 1 1 3
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rate * * 0.0 * * * * * *
18-34 Years Patients 131 110 132 115 107 79 89 59 62
Deaths 4 5 4 9 2 2 3 1 5
Rate 31.1 46.3 30.9 81.8 18.8 25.6 34.4 17.0 83.5
35-49 Years Patients 339 328 344 315 298 270 271 246 247
Deaths 16 19 13 15 12 14 15 16 10
Rate 48.8 59.9 38.5 49.0 41.0 53.8 57.2 67.8 41.7
50-64 Years Patients 458 525 540 587 533 582 594 668 662
Deaths 51 69 67 60 60 59 58 62 66
Rate 120.0 142.7 134.3 109.7 120.5 108.2 104.5 98.3 105.9
65+ Years Patients 133 162 180 201 228 248 287 394 428
Deaths 20 33 26 31 33 49 39 55 57
Rate 167.0 235.2 158.4 170.7 158.6 225.2 149.7 153.3 144.5


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.