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Table 5.7b

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2008

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor ECD Kidney Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 1,170 1,188 1,270 1,442 1,524 1,727 1,756 1,792 1,877
Deaths 110 124 118 140 143 167 152 122 124
Rate 99.3 111.7 99.0 103.3 99.3 102.4 91.6 70.9 68.7
A Patients 459 460 460 530 555 613 638 616 645
Deaths 52 47 39 51 62 61 55 49 46
Rate 120.9 108.9 89.9 102.4 119.4 106.0 90.8 83.8 74.5
AB Patients 43 70 56 66 65 86 81 82 70
Deaths 4 8 5 5 4 5 12 7 3
Rate 95.6 121.6 95.5 80.4 64.2 60.1 163.1 90.7 43.6
B Patients 118 151 161 168 189 216 206 202 228
Deaths 4 20 24 22 16 23 16 16 16
Rate 34.6 144.6 164.8 142.2 88.9 112.8 81.9 83.2 73.6
O Patients 550 507 593 678 715 812 831 892 934
Deaths 50 49 50 62 61 78 69 50 59
Rate 96.2 103.3 89.2 96.8 89.9 101.6 87.9 57.8 65.5


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.