Table 6.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1997 to 2005

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 63 63 98 99 109 128 104 120 127
Deaths 5 1 4 0 3 4 6 5 2
Rate 84.6 16.0 41.6 0.0 27.9 31.8 60.0 42.5 15.9
O Patients 23 30 36 39 48 66 45 49 60
Deaths 3 0 2 0 1 2 4 3 1
Rate 143.6 0.0 56.3 0.0 21.0 30.8 93.2 62.7 16.9
A Patients 29 21 45 43 52 47 45 49 48
Deaths 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 1
Rate 73.6 49.0 45.9 0.0 39.2 43.6 46.4 20.6 21.0
B Patients 6 9 12 12 5 10 10 17 16
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rate * * 0.0 0.0 * 0.0 0.0 61.6 0.0
AB Patients 5 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 3
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *


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

(-) = 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.