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

Previous Tx Any Organ 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
No Patients 3,309 3,562 3,963 4,216 4,891 5,289 5,475 5,627 5,828
Deaths 68 91 88 93 118 129 126 99 117
Rate 20.9 26.0 22.5 22.4 24.5 24.7 23.4 17.8 20.3
Yes Patients 357 364 445 472 576 724 752 831 810
Deaths 11 11 11 15 19 28 16 21 19
Rate 31.5 30.8 25.1 32.5 33.6 39.6 21.5 25.6 23.8


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.