Table 10.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1993 to 2002

Intestine Waiting List

Ethnicity		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	58	121	153	162	199	219	225	266	342	363
	Deaths	3	14	20	22	43	46	44	24	46	53
	Rate	162.2	255.6	264.0	286.3	509.5	504.8	410.1	194.1	290.4	298.4
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	2	8	14	16	19	25	22	39	44	49
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	5	8	11
	Rate	*	*	-	-	581.5	378.1	207.8	317.5	431.2	557.1
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	18	64	118	130	174	189	198	223	294	310
	Deaths	-	6	20	21	39	42	41	19	38	42
	Rate	-	251.2	384.5	357.8	544.2	555.5	437.5	182.8	279.6	272.9
Unknown	Patients	38	49	21	16	6	5	5	4	4	4
	Deaths	3	8	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
	Rate	226.2	284.0	-	94.6	*	*	*	*	*	*

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,

date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.