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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
<1 Year Patients 6 3 3 7 4 5 6 - 2
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Rate * * * * * * * - *
1-5 Years Patients 81 88 72 86 70 111 91 102 104
Deaths 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 3
Rate 25.2 11.5 0.0 0.0 29.1 18.2 33.5 19.9 29.2
6-10 Years Patients 81 64 81 78 70 79 93 77 67
Deaths 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Rate 12.5 0.0 12.5 0.0 0.0 12.8 0.0 40.3 0.0
11-17 Years Patients 210 217 218 225 204 240 252 249 210
Deaths 2 3 2 3 0 3 2 1 3
Rate 9.6 13.9 9.2 13.5 0.0 12.6 8.0 4.0 14.5
18-34 Years Patients 1,134 1,136 1,230 1,249 1,279 1,427 1,344 1,407 1,429
Deaths 6 16 11 13 11 19 12 11 13
Rate 5.3 14.2 9.0 10.5 8.6 13.4 9.0 7.8 9.1
35-49 Years Patients 1,275 1,320 1,504 1,569 1,949 1,988 2,006 2,089 2,074
Deaths 26 31 28 31 41 40 34 31 23
Rate 20.7 23.8 18.8 20.0 21.3 20.3 17.1 15.0 11.2
50-64 Years Patients 752 952 1,110 1,252 1,549 1,782 1,917 2,020 2,179
Deaths 34 41 40 49 62 71 66 46 64
Rate 46.7 44.3 36.9 40.1 40.9 40.9 35.2 23.1 29.9
65+ Years Patients 127 146 190 222 342 381 518 514 573
Deaths 8 10 17 12 21 21 25 26 30
Rate 65.8 72.3 94.4 56.1 64.0 56.9 49.8 52.3 54.1


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.