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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

Recipient Age at Tx 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 - - - - 1 1 2 - -
Deaths - - - - 0 0 0 - -
Rate - - - - * * * - -
1-5 Years Patients 35 40 46 50 48 55 81 78 62
Deaths 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 1
Rate 0.0 25.0 44.5 41.0 42.6 56.1 24.8 39.8 16.4
6-11 Years Patients 62 74 80 92 82 103 116 100 107
Deaths 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1
Rate 16.4 0.0 12.6 21.9 12.3 9.8 17.5 0.0 9.4
12-17 Years Patients 171 165 187 225 238 293 373 298 292
Deaths 1 3 0 3 5 4 5 3 3
Rate 5.9 18.5 0.0 13.4 21.3 13.8 13.5 10.1 10.3
18-34 Years Patients 1,192 1,155 1,119 1,020 1,149 1,087 1,135 1,043 1,037
Deaths 24 19 29 18 21 20 11 13 13
Rate 20.4 16.6 26.3 17.8 18.5 18.6 9.7 12.6 12.6
35-49 Years Patients 2,340 2,352 2,305 2,219 2,384 2,370 2,467 2,524 2,408
Deaths 92 75 75 75 64 80 63 51 45
Rate 40.3 32.5 33.2 34.5 27.3 34.5 25.9 20.5 18.9
50-64 Years Patients 2,363 2,451 2,569 2,602 2,806 2,948 3,218 3,144 3,181
Deaths 199 153 150 155 152 142 166 141 132
Rate 89.1 65.1 60.7 61.9 56.0 49.6 53.3 46.1 42.6
65+ Years Patients 627 647 711 738 798 927 1,068 1,106 1,140
Deaths 73 61 67 55 71 89 80 81 69
Rate 125.1 100.9 100.0 77.8 94.6 102.1 78.4 76.3 63.1


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.