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Table 5.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2008

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor non-ECD Kidney Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 6,790 6,884 7,017 6,946 7,506 7,784 8,460 8,293 8,227
Deaths 390 312 324 310 316 339 329 292 264
Rate 59.6 46.7 47.5 45.9 43.2 44.7 39.8 36.0 32.7
A Patients 2,613 2,652 2,713 2,570 2,741 2,893 3,069 2,973 3,079
Deaths 143 122 143 120 100 128 118 108 90
Rate 56.7 47.4 54.6 48.0 37.3 45.5 39.3 37.2 29.8
AB Patients 371 371 391 349 363 430 480 471 447
Deaths 25 16 15 16 16 18 19 21 22
Rate 70.4 44.5 39.1 47.1 45.3 43.0 40.5 46.0 51.0
B Patients 828 826 835 815 1,000 995 1,146 1,063 1,163
Deaths 48 38 26 39 49 43 47 44 43
Rate 60.0 47.5 31.8 49.2 50.7 44.6 42.1 42.5 37.8
O Patients 2,978 3,035 3,078 3,212 3,402 3,466 3,765 3,786 3,538
Deaths 174 136 140 135 151 150 145 119 109
Rate 60.7 46.2 46.8 43.2 45.6 44.4 39.5 32.0 31.4


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = 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.

Donors are divided into two mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria

for Expanded Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were

allocated under the ECD system. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and DCDs.