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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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 1,163 1,178 1,262 1,437 1,519 1,721 1,746 1,788 1,869
Deaths 110 124 117 140 143 165 152 122 124
Rate 100.0 112.7 98.7 103.7 99.6 101.5 92.1 71.1 69.0
Nonresident Alien Patients 3 7 5 5 5 5 9 4 8
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients 4 3 3 - - 1 1 - -
Deaths 0 0 1 - - 1 0 - -
Rate * * * - - * * - -


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.