(A) 1-year, (B) 5-year, and (C) 10-year patient survival percentages are displayed in the figure panels. Patient survival after a deceased-donor kidney transplant reached new highs in the most recent cohorts of transplant recipients. Adjusted 1-year patient survival among deceased-donor transplant recipients in 2017 improved to 95.4%, adjusted 5-year patient survival among recipients in 2015 improved to 79.7%, and adjusted 10-year patient survival among recipients in 2013 improved to 49.2%.
Adjusted 1-year patient survival among living-donor transplant recipients in 2017 was 98.8%, adjusted 5-year patient survival among recipients in 2015 was 88.0%, and adjusted 10-year patient survival among recipients in 2013 was 61.5%. As with graft survival, patient survival after 10 years is at an all-time high.
Reproduced from: United States Renal Data System. 2019 USRDS annual data report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 2019. Available at:
https://adr.usrds.org/2020/end-stage-renal-disease/6-transplantation (Accessed on June 17, 2021).
