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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

Cold Ischemic Time 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
0-11 Hours Patients 924 1,073 1,156 1,279 1,336 1,570 1,872 1,878 1,848
Deaths 47 39 41 54 63 58 66 63 61
Rate 52.3 37.2 36.2 43.3 48.5 37.8 36.1 34.2 33.7
12-21 Hours Patients 2,671 2,632 2,930 2,824 3,147 3,127 3,505 3,450 3,540
Deaths 138 125 138 111 113 135 131 113 105
Rate 53.5 49.0 48.5 40.3 36.7 44.4 38.2 33.5 30.2
22-31 Hours Patients 1,778 1,669 1,637 1,590 1,713 1,882 1,864 1,938 1,852
Deaths 115 68 84 84 66 83 74 78 66
Rate 67.3 41.8 52.9 54.7 39.5 45.3 40.6 41.2 36.4
32-41 Hours Patients 375 322 316 277 295 326 364 334 365
Deaths 21 15 13 13 18 18 12 16 13
Rate 58.1 48.1 42.3 48.2 63.4 57.3 33.6 49.2 36.4
42+ Hours Patients 52 68 59 52 47 83 113 149 189
Deaths 7 4 3 2 5 8 6 6 5
Rate 149.3 61.6 51.4 39.5 117.3 102.6 54.2 41.2 26.9
Unknown Patients 990 1,120 919 924 968 796 742 544 433
Deaths 62 61 45 46 51 37 40 16 14
Rate 65.4 56.4 50.9 51.1 54.6 47.9 55.8 30.0 33.2


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.