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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 2,587 2,745 3,055 3,189 3,757 4,096 4,266 4,332 4,248
Deaths 52 74 67 73 88 108 98 89 94
Rate 20.4 27.4 22.2 23.2 23.8 26.8 23.3 20.8 22.4
African American Patients 524 548 625 720 766 911 902 964 957
Deaths 15 20 21 22 24 25 23 17 25
Rate 29.2 37.4 34.3 31.2 32.0 27.9 25.9 17.9 26.5
Hispanic/Latino Patients 413 451 523 545 659 690 746 808 806
Deaths 12 7 7 9 18 15 16 9 10
Rate 29.7 15.7 13.5 16.6 27.7 22.0 21.7 11.2 12.5
Asian Patients 102 125 158 162 230 241 227 243 242
Deaths 0 0 3 3 6 5 2 1 0
Rate 0.0 0.0 19.2 18.7 26.4 21.0 8.9 4.1 0.0
Other/Multi-race Patients 31 41 27 44 37 59 57 69 75
Deaths 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 4 1
Rate 0.0 24.9 0.0 0.0 27.1 69.5 35.9 59.8 13.4
Unknown Patients 9 16 20 28 18 16 29 42 310
Deaths 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Rate * 0.0 51.7 36.8 0.0 0.0 35.4 0.0 19.6


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.