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

Gender 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
Female Patients 368 394 362 388 375 345 330 345 342
Deaths 23 17 17 16 21 17 12 12 19
Rate 65.2 44.8 48.6 42.5 58.2 50.8 37.3 35.6 57.7
Male Patients 473 573 568 520 511 557 536 535 553
Deaths 20 42 29 28 30 28 26 36 22
Rate 43.6 77.0 53.0 55.9 61.5 52.2 50.1 70.2 41.0


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.