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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

Primary Diagnosis 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
Glomerular Diseases Patients 1,904 1,845 1,916 1,787 1,999 1,976 2,204 2,013 2,016
Deaths 66 68 72 65 61 51 56 45 38
Rate 35.5 37.8 38.4 37.2 31.1 26.2 25.8 22.7 19.1
Diabetes Patients 1,330 1,409 1,488 1,498 1,673 1,771 1,778 1,909 1,902
Deaths 122 85 100 114 117 116 121 105 110
Rate 97.1 62.7 70.2 79.7 73.1 68.2 71.1 56.7 59.9
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis Patients 1,168 1,311 1,274 1,362 1,537 1,733 1,956 2,044 2,011
Deaths 83 74 57 61 58 85 80 73 65
Rate 74.4 58.5 46.1 46.1 38.7 50.5 41.9 36.6 33.0
Polycystic Kidneys Patients 649 600 622 590 607 650 695 711 655
Deaths 22 18 23 12 22 13 23 14 13
Rate 34.6 30.7 37.9 20.6 37.0 20.2 33.7 19.9 20.0
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases Patients 421 388 374 408 416 409 450 389 375
Deaths 15 15 17 10 12 23 15 15 6
Rate 36.4 39.8 46.7 24.9 29.3 58.1 33.8 39.5 16.2
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases Patients 361 365 428 402 368 298 271 241 225
Deaths 26 17 27 19 13 12 9 19 5
Rate 75.7 47.8 65.6 48.5 36.1 41.5 33.9 82.8 22.6
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders Patients 178 166 191 218 236 252 295 282 298
Deaths 4 5 3 8 6 7 5 5 3
Rate 22.9 30.6 15.8 37.5 25.8 28.4 17.1 18.0 10.1
Neoplasms Patients 22 22 18 23 23 24 36 32 29
Deaths 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rate 99.0 94.3 0.0 45.2 43.9 42.4 28.6 32.2 35.7
Other Patients 580 600 556 561 555 595 720 622 675
Deaths 38 20 21 18 20 28 16 13 20
Rate 68.5 34.2 38.7 32.6 36.9 48.6 22.6 21.2 30.3
Unknown Patients 177 178 150 97 92 76 55 50 41
Deaths 12 8 4 2 6 3 3 2 3
Rate 71.2 46.4 27.2 21.0 68.1 40.4 56.3 41.1 75.3


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.