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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 699 808 765 770 707 711 631 662 651
Deaths 36 48 37 38 36 35 28 35 27
Rate 53.3 62.1 50.1 51.0 52.8 51.0 45.6 54.6 42.7
African American Patients 86 92 103 84 111 104 139 124 148
Deaths 2 5 6 5 8 9 6 7 9
Rate 23.7 56.5 60.8 62.9 76.2 92.2 45.0 58.5 63.8
Hispanic/Latino Patients 46 58 52 44 54 73 78 78 75
Deaths 5 5 3 0 6 1 3 4 4
Rate 119.8 90.3 60.6 0.0 122.7 13.7 39.7 53.6 54.8
Asian Patients 8 6 6 4 9 13 12 10 17
Deaths 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rate * * * * * 0.0 0.0 0.0 62.1
Other/Multi-race Patients 2 3 4 6 5 1 6 6 4
Deaths 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 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.