Table 5.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1997 to 2006

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 49,208 53,325 57,070 60,555 64,183 68,199 71,826 76,856 82,422 88,877
Deaths 2,184 2,529 3,319 3,125 3,373 3,731 3,857 4,038 4,137 4,456
Rate 65.2 69.1 84.0 73.6 73.6 76.7 74.9 73.3 70.3 70.0
<1 Year Patients 2 3 3 2 - - 4 6 3 5
Deaths - - - - - - - 1 - -
Rate * * * * - - * * * *
1-5 Years Patients 134 126 124 127 149 150 164 181 200 222
Deaths 3 7 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 6
Rate 46.9 111.6 66.9 85.9 45.1 64.2 56.2 35.9 54.9 63.4
6-10 Years Patients 203 195 175 182 213 231 209 219 234 236
Deaths - 2 3 7 1 2 3 4 4 -
Rate - 18.8 32.6 75.6 9.2 16.7 28.0 36.2 34.5 -
11-17 Years Patients 626 664 686 647 725 787 855 930 959 947
Deaths 8 5 15 6 5 18 12 9 15 8
Rate 22.5 12.9 40.9 16.5 12.9 41.7 26.1 17.8 28.7 16.9
18-34 Years Patients 8,932 9,088 9,269 9,104 9,149 9,329 9,519 9,866 9,990 10,260
Deaths 197 226 258 224 214 242 231 207 219 206
Rate 32.6 36.2 40.3 34.7 33.1 36.4 33.9 29.6 30.9 28.3
35-49 Years Patients 18,384 19,229 19,681 20,247 20,680 21,235 21,900 22,761 23,939 25,255
Deaths 715 774 968 831 817 827 849 853 819 903
Rate 56.3 57.6 69.8 57.7 54.5 53.6 53.0 51.2 47.0 48.9
50-64 Years Patients 16,723 18,960 21,174 23,266 25,257 27,392 29,056 31,455 34,150 37,231
Deaths 916 1,130 1,464 1,457 1,648 1,815 1,839 1,923 2,044 2,153
Rate 80.3 87.1 99.6 89.3 91.0 92.9 88.0 84.9 83.4 80.4
65+ Years Patients 4,204 5,060 5,958 6,980 8,010 9,075 10,119 11,438 12,947 14,721
Deaths 345 385 607 595 685 823 919 1,038 1,031 1,180
Rate 122.2 113.4 150.8 124.6 120.4 128.7 129.0 128.5 113.3 113.2


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.