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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

Donor Age 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
<1 Year Patients 30 34 31 14 19 19 51 56 51
Deaths 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 2
Rate 70.7 61.2 68.6 0.0 0.0 54.5 40.1 18.2 40.6
1-5 Years Patients 206 213 214 200 213 201 257 207 261
Deaths 5 3 9 9 6 7 3 8 7
Rate 24.5 14.2 43.0 46.3 28.6 35.7 11.8 39.7 27.3
6-11 Years Patients 312 348 273 209 277 210 228 235 232
Deaths 15 16 11 9 8 14 9 9 6
Rate 49.5 47.4 41.3 44.0 29.4 70.4 40.2 39.5 26.3
12-17 Years Patients 783 716 731 720 754 723 734 677 596
Deaths 35 21 23 22 29 20 18 20 19
Rate 46.0 29.9 32.1 31.1 39.5 28.1 24.9 30.1 32.5
18-34 Years Patients 2,204 2,293 2,503 2,415 2,681 2,821 3,019 3,046 2,996
Deaths 109 76 89 91 112 100 100 91 67
Rate 51.1 33.9 36.4 38.6 42.9 36.3 33.8 30.5 22.7
35-49 Years Patients 2,326 2,367 2,361 2,466 2,628 2,809 3,042 2,953 2,873
Deaths 151 138 133 124 109 133 133 118 109
Rate 67.7 60.4 58.4 51.8 42.6 48.7 44.9 41.0 38.9
50-64 Years Patients 929 913 904 922 934 1,001 1,129 1,119 1,218
Deaths 73 56 57 55 52 64 64 45 54
Rate 82.6 64.0 65.4 62.0 57.5 66.1 58.8 41.1 45.5


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.