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Table 5.7c

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 7,960 8,072 8,287 8,388 9,030 9,511 10,216 10,085 10,104
Deaths 500 436 442 450 459 506 481 414 388
Rate 65.4 55.9 55.2 55.5 52.5 55.0 48.5 42.1 39.3
A Patients 3,072 3,112 3,173 3,100 3,296 3,506 3,707 3,589 3,724
Deaths 195 169 182 171 162 189 173 157 136
Rate 66.1 56.2 59.6 57.0 50.6 55.7 48.0 45.0 37.4
AB Patients 414 441 447 415 428 516 561 553 517
Deaths 29 24 20 21 20 23 31 28 25
Rate 73.0 56.4 45.9 52.3 48.2 45.9 57.1 52.4 50.0
B Patients 946 977 996 983 1,189 1,211 1,352 1,265 1,391
Deaths 52 58 50 61 65 66 63 60 59
Rate 56.8 61.8 51.9 64.4 56.7 56.5 48.0 48.9 43.6
O Patients 3,528 3,542 3,671 3,890 4,117 4,278 4,596 4,678 4,472
Deaths 224 185 190 197 212 228 214 169 168
Rate 66.1 54.1 53.5 52.3 53.2 55.0 48.0 36.9 38.4


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.