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

Cold Ischemic Time 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
0-11 Hours Patients 10 12 18 21 11 19 19 31 45
Deaths 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1
Rate 102.6 0.0 117.4 0.0 0.0 54.8 55.5 32.8 22.7
12-21 Hours Patients 37 36 55 41 60 59 53 54 54
Deaths 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1
Rate 56.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 51.1 17.2 38.6 37.9 18.7
22-31 Hours Patients 12 7 12 16 15 16 11 11 10
Deaths 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Rate 90.6 * 88.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 97.4 190.3 0.0
32-41 Hours Patients - 1 1 - - - 3 1 -
Deaths - 0 0 - - - 1 0 -
Rate - * * - - - * * -
42+ Hours Patients - - - - - 1 - - -
Deaths - - - - - 0 - - -
Rate - - - - - * - - -
Unknown Patients 4 7 12 21 23 33 18 23 18
Deaths 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Rate * * 85.1 0.0 0.0 61.5 58.4 0.0 0.0


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.