Table 5.7c

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2004

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Residency Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 3,666 3,926 4,408 4,688 5,467 6,013 6,227 6,458 6,638
Deaths 79 102 99 108 137 157 142 120 136
Rate 21.9 26.4 22.8 23.4 25.4 26.5 23.1 18.8 20.7
U.S. Resident Patients 3,621 3,866 4,350 4,627 5,400 5,943 6,164 6,387 6,587
Deaths 77 101 99 106 136 154 142 118 135
Rate 21.6 26.6 23.1 23.2 25.6 26.3 23.4 18.7 20.7
Nonresident Alien Patients 36 49 37 52 64 69 62 71 51
Deaths 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 1
Rate 28.4 20.7 0.0 39.6 15.8 44.0 0.0 28.6 20.0
Unknown Patients 9 11 21 9 3 1 1 - -
Deaths 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Rate * 0.0 0.0 * * * * - -


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.