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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

Previous Tx Same Organ 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
No Patients 6,780 6,955 7,173 7,301 7,787 8,280 8,861 8,836 8,924
Deaths 421 384 387 400 397 447 422 364 347
Rate 64.6 57.2 55.9 56.7 52.6 55.8 49.1 42.2 39.8
Yes Patients 1,180 1,117 1,114 1,087 1,243 1,231 1,355 1,249 1,180
Deaths 79 52 55 50 62 59 59 50 41
Rate 70.0 48.1 50.9 47.2 51.4 49.4 44.6 41.1 35.5


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.