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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	1,544	1,638	1,898	1,948	2,310	2,500	2,571	2,712	2,698
	Deaths	36	53	42	36	55	58	58	47	57
	Rate	23.7	33.0	22.4	18.7	24.2	23.5	22.8	17.5	21.4
Male	Patients	2,122	2,288	2,510	2,740	3,157	3,513	3,656	3,746	3,940
	Deaths	43	49	57	72	82	99	84	73	79
	Rate	20.6	21.7	23.0	26.7	26.4	28.6	23.3	19.7	20.3

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.