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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

Donor Age 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
50-64 Years Patients 913 881 948 1,097 1,171 1,356 1,322 1,380 1,449
Deaths 84 73 76 102 111 123 104 86 92
Rate 97.0 87.4 84.4 98.6 100.4 95.9 82.9 64.7 66.1
65+ Years Patients 257 307 322 345 353 371 434 412 428
Deaths 26 51 42 38 32 44 48 36 32
Rate 107.6 185.6 144.0 118.5 95.5 126.6 118.7 92.2 77.6


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.