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Table 5.7d

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 5,472 6,020 6,227 6,458 6,636 6,567 6,429 6,034 5,959
Deaths 138 157 142 121 135 135 109 88 91
Rate 25.6 26.5 23.1 18.9 20.6 20.8 17.1 14.7 15.4
White Patients 3,772 4,111 4,285 4,356 4,450 4,415 4,368 4,085 3,986
Deaths 89 108 99 90 99 98 86 66 58
Rate 23.9 26.7 23.4 20.9 22.5 22.5 19.9 16.3 14.7
African American Patients 767 913 904 975 1,024 991 933 837 796
Deaths 24 25 23 17 25 22 13 10 21
Rate 31.9 27.8 25.9 17.7 24.8 22.5 14.0 12.0 26.9
Other/Multi-race Patients 37 59 57 69 68 76 83 58 70
Deaths 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1
Rate 27.1 69.5 35.9 59.8 14.8 13.2 12.1 17.4 14.4
Asian Patients 232 243 228 245 249 265 234 260 285
Deaths 6 5 2 1 0 3 1 2 2
Rate 26.2 20.8 8.8 4.1 0.0 11.4 4.3 7.7 7.0
Hispanic/Latino Patients 664 694 750 813 845 820 811 794 822
Deaths 18 15 16 9 10 11 8 9 9
Rate 27.5 21.9 21.6 11.2 11.9 13.5 9.9 11.4 11.0
Unknown Patients - - 3 - - - - - -
Deaths - - 0 - - - - - -
Rate - - * - - - - - -


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.