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

Previous Tx Any Organ 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
No Patients 959 1,007 1,078 1,090 1,038 1,062 1,145 1,251 1,264
Deaths 78 114 104 103 101 117 105 126 122
Rate 86.0 121.5 102.4 100.6 103.1 118.4 97.6 107.4 102.2
Yes Patients 115 124 135 136 132 120 97 117 138
Deaths 13 12 6 12 7 7 10 8 16
Rate 121.5 102.8 45.8 93.1 54.5 60.4 111.3 71.5 125.8


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.