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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

Previous Tx Same Organ 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
No Patients 5,736 5,871 5,989 5,977 6,388 6,688 7,237 7,170 7,156
Deaths 318 265 278 269 265 293 281 253 227
Rate 57.4 46.5 47.8 46.3 42.6 45.0 39.8 36.1 32.4
Yes Patients 1,054 1,013 1,028 969 1,118 1,096 1,223 1,123 1,071
Deaths 72 47 46 41 51 46 48 39 37
Rate 71.5 47.9 46.0 43.3 46.8 43.1 40.1 35.6 35.3


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.