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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

Gender 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
Female Patients 2,669 2,765 2,870 2,741 3,055 3,132 3,369 3,210 3,295
Deaths 143 112 122 103 118 125 106 105 104
Rate 55.5 41.6 43.7 38.4 39.6 40.9 32.1 33.4 32.2
Male Patients 4,121 4,119 4,147 4,205 4,451 4,652 5,091 5,083 4,932
Deaths 247 200 202 207 198 214 223 187 160
Rate 62.3 50.1 50.2 50.7 45.7 47.3 45.0 37.6 33.1


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.