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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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
<1 Year Patients - - - - 1 1 2 - -
Deaths - - - - 0 0 0 - -
Rate - - - - * * * - -
1-5 Years Patients 35 40 46 50 48 55 81 78 62
Deaths 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 1
Rate 0.0 25.0 44.5 41.0 42.6 56.1 24.8 39.8 16.4
6-11 Years Patients 63 75 80 92 84 103 116 100 107
Deaths 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1
Rate 32.8 0.0 12.6 21.9 12.0 9.8 17.5 0.0 9.4
12-17 Years Patients 174 167 188 226 239 293 374 298 292
Deaths 1 3 0 3 5 4 5 3 3
Rate 5.8 18.2 0.0 13.4 21.2 13.8 13.4 10.1 10.3
18-34 Years Patients 1,299 1,234 1,208 1,083 1,219 1,142 1,185 1,082 1,067
Deaths 26 21 32 19 26 23 12 13 13
Rate 20.2 17.2 26.9 17.7 21.6 20.3 10.2 12.1 12.3
35-49 Years Patients 2,638 2,624 2,584 2,478 2,661 2,651 2,685 2,712 2,628
Deaths 104 89 90 90 75 92 71 59 52
Rate 40.4 34.7 35.6 37.1 28.7 35.5 26.9 22.1 20.0
50-64 Years Patients 2,895 3,036 3,178 3,311 3,522 3,738 4,088 4,082 4,133
Deaths 260 212 210 223 220 216 232 203 185
Rate 95.2 73.1 69.1 70.3 64.9 59.8 58.8 51.2 46.0
65+ Years Patients 856 896 1,003 1,148 1,256 1,528 1,685 1,733 1,815
Deaths 107 110 107 111 130 167 157 133 133
Rate 135.0 133.7 114.5 102.7 110.7 117.0 98.9 80.4 76.9


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.