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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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 6,741 6,828 6,954 6,909 7,462 7,744 8,395 8,231 8,153
Deaths 389 312 320 310 315 338 329 290 262
Rate 59.9 47.1 47.4 46.1 43.3 44.8 40.1 36.0 32.8
Nonresident Alien Patients 40 48 57 34 39 38 63 62 74
Deaths 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 2
Rate 25.3 0.0 73.3 0.0 25.9 26.8 0.0 33.3 27.3
Unknown Patients 9 8 6 3 5 2 2 - -
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Rate * * * * * * * - -


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.