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Table 2.

Mortality rates (deaths per 1000 patient-years) and mortality rate ratios from all causes, cardiovascular causes, malignancy, and infections in first kidney transplant recipients in Finland segregated by the era of transplantation

Cause of Mortality	1990–1999	2000–2012	IRR	95% CI
All cause
Rate (95% CI)	39.8 (37.0 to 43.1)	24.9 (22.2 to 28.0)	0.63	0.55 to 0.72
n	666	287	0.63	0.55 to 0.72
Infection
Rate (95% CI)	9.1 (7.6 to 10.7)	4.6 (3.0 to 5.4)	0.51	0.30 to 0.68
n	151	53	0.51	0.30 to 0.68
1-yr Infectious mortality
Rate (95% CI)	12.8 (7.81 to 20.98)	3.7 (1.78 to 7.86)	0.29	0.12 to 0.71
n	16	7	0.29	0.12 to 0.71
Cardiovascular
Rate (95% CI)	18.2 (16.0 to 20.7)	12.1 (10.2 to 14.4)	0.67	0.56 to 0.76
n	303	139	0.67	0.56 to 0.76
Malignancy
Rate (95% CI)	5.0 (4.0 to 6.2)	4.0 (3.0 to 5.4)	0.80	0.63 to 0.95
n	83	46	0.80	0.63 to 0.95

IRR, incidence rate ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.