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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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
6-11 Years Patients 1 1 - - 2 - - - -
Deaths 1 0 - - 0 - - - -
Rate * * - - * - - - -
12-17 Years Patients 3 2 1 1 1 - 1 - -
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - -
Rate * * * * * - * - -
18-34 Years Patients 107 79 89 63 70 55 50 39 30
Deaths 2 2 3 1 5 3 1 0 0
Rate 18.8 25.6 34.4 15.9 73.7 56.5 20.4 0.0 0.0
35-49 Years Patients 298 272 279 259 277 281 218 188 220
Deaths 12 14 15 15 11 12 8 8 7
Rate 41.0 53.3 55.5 60.0 40.9 43.8 37.7 43.7 32.5
50-64 Years Patients 532 585 609 709 716 790 870 938 952
Deaths 61 59 60 68 68 74 66 62 53
Rate 122.8 107.6 105.5 101.8 100.5 99.0 79.5 68.4 57.5
65+ Years Patients 229 249 292 410 458 601 617 627 675
Deaths 34 49 40 56 59 78 77 52 64
Rate 162.7 224.2 151.0 149.8 139.3 140.4 135.7 87.9 100.5


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.