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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

Primary Diagnosis 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
Glomerular Diseases Patients 2,161 2,076 2,167 2,045 2,274 2,264 2,495 2,283 2,288
Deaths 80 84 88 88 80 72 70 60 45
Rate 37.9 41.6 41.7 44.2 35.9 32.4 28.5 26.7 19.9
Diabetes Patients 1,618 1,713 1,866 1,911 2,165 2,321 2,320 2,499 2,576
Deaths 159 128 151 160 171 186 183 152 167
Rate 104.2 78.4 85.2 88.2 82.9 84.2 83.1 62.9 67.4
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis Patients 1,392 1,575 1,567 1,718 1,922 2,164 2,455 2,569 2,558
Deaths 106 103 87 105 94 126 125 107 103
Rate 80.1 68.3 57.7 63.5 50.5 60.3 52.6 42.9 41.3
Polycystic Kidneys Patients 757 720 734 713 719 806 862 846 797
Deaths 28 23 32 15 30 22 32 20 19
Rate 37.8 32.7 45.0 21.3 42.8 27.7 37.8 24.0 24.1
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases Patients 491 433 416 474 476 505 535 463 457
Deaths 17 27 19 18 18 30 21 20 14
Rate 35.3 65.0 46.8 38.8 38.7 61.5 40.0 44.4 31.3
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases Patients 452 430 510 482 432 358 323 299 272
Deaths 38 23 31 28 20 18 15 26 6
Rate 88.7 55.1 63.2 60.1 47.7 52.1 47.8 91.8 22.5
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders Patients 186 183 205 233 247 264 305 295 310
Deaths 4 6 3 9 8 8 6 6 3
Rate 21.9 33.3 14.7 39.6 33.0 30.9 19.9 20.6 9.7
Neoplasms Patients 23 27 22 28 30 36 39 38 38
Deaths 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2
Rate 94.3 76.3 0.0 75.4 68.2 57.7 26.3 27.0 54.3
Other Patients 680 716 638 680 659 708 817 736 766
Deaths 51 32 25 23 29 38 23 19 26
Rate 79.0 46.1 40.2 34.5 45.3 55.5 28.7 26.3 34.8
Unknown Patients 200 199 162 104 106 85 65 57 42
Deaths 15 8 6 2 7 4 5 3 3
Rate 78.9 41.4 38.0 19.6 69.0 48.2 80.8 54.9 73.5


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.