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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 828 952 923 901 883 897 861 875 895
Deaths 40 57 46 42 51 44 38 48 41
Rate 50.0 62.5 51.7 48.2 60.3 50.7 45.5 56.8 47.4
Nonresident Alien Patients 3 8 4 3 3 1 5 5 -
Deaths 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
Rate * * * * * * * * -
Unknown Patients 10 7 3 4 - 4 - - -
Deaths 2 2 0 1 - 1 - - -
Rate 227.9 * * * - * - - -


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.