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

Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized Patients 3,567 3,826 4,226 4,545 5,360 5,846 6,084 6,337 6,502
Deaths 77 98 93 100 133 149 135 120 130
Rate 21.9 26.0 22.3 22.3 25.2 25.9 22.5 19.2 20.2
Hospitalized Patients 76 85 155 128 94 151 135 113 122
Deaths 1 3 5 5 3 8 5 0 4
Rate 13.3 36.5 33.0 40.2 32.9 54.2 38.0 0.0 33.4
In Intensive Care Patients 14 14 21 12 13 16 8 8 14
Deaths 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 2
Rate 76.5 76.9 49.5 194.3 79.4 0.0 * * 160.2
Unknown Patients 9 1 6 3 - - - - -
Deaths 0 0 0 1 - - - - -
Rate * * * * - - - - -


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.