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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 60 58 96 94 104 123 99 114 124
Deaths 5 0 4 0 3 4 6 5 2
Rate 89.1 0.0 42.5 0.0 29.2 33.1 63.1 44.7 16.3
African American Patients 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3
Deaths 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Hispanic/Latino Patients 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 -
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Rate * * * * * * * * -
Asian Patients - - - 1 - - - - -
Deaths - - - 0 - - - - -
Rate - - - * - - - - -
Other/Multi-race Patients 1 - - - 1 2 - - -
Deaths 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.