Table 8.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 841 967 930 908 886 902 866 880 895
Deaths 43 59 46 44 51 45 38 48 41
Rate 53.0 63.8 51.3 50.2 60.1 51.7 45.2 56.5 47.4
O Patients 425 454 421 401 390 401 430 395 392
Deaths 23 26 22 23 24 21 18 25 15
Rate 56.5 60.0 54.3 60.0 64.2 54.4 43.0 66.2 39.1
A Patients 320 370 363 362 351 369 300 341 363
Deaths 17 23 17 17 21 17 12 17 21
Rate 54.8 64.8 48.6 48.5 62.7 47.5 41.2 51.4 60.7
B Patients 66 104 102 114 110 100 95 104 101
Deaths 3 7 4 4 4 3 6 5 5
Rate 46.9 69.7 40.0 35.6 37.5 30.6 65.9 49.1 51.6
AB Patients 30 39 44 31 35 32 41 40 39
Deaths 0 3 3 0 2 4 2 1 0
Rate 0.0 83.0 71.3 0.0 59.8 138.1 50.4 25.3 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.