Table 1.7

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

Waiting List, 1993 to 2002

Organ Type		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All Organs	Patients	50,944	56,118	63,143	69,677	76,664	85,007	93,309	100,557	106,966	111,716
	Deaths	2,959	3,110	3,496	4,003	4,483	5,164	6,466	6,112	6,584	6,385
	Rate	103.1	96.0	93.9	92.9	92.0	94.0	105.1	90.4	89.4	83.0
Kidney	Patients	34,852	38,090	41,777	45,378	49,299	53,429	57,152	60,663	64,353	68,468
	Deaths	1,318	1,385	1,533	1,851	2,061	2,444	3,271	3,040	3,209	3,396
	Rate	56.4	53.9	53.4	57.4	58.0	63.0	77.8	67.0	65.6	65.3
PTA	Patients	203	246	273	322	375	425	477	495	608	657
	Deaths	1	7	3	3	7	11	16	5	19	11
	Rate	9.3	46.8	17.0	15.9	31.9	45.9	62.4	18.0	53.3	27.6
PAK	Patients	133	154	199	257	288	321	477	776	1,033	1,227
	Deaths	2	6	1	1	6	6	5	10	20	18
	Rate	30.1	75.7	9.1	6.8	37.0	35.5	24.0	25.7	34.4	24.1
KP	Patients	1,706	1,975	2,298	2,441	2,646	2,894	3,348	3,853	3,976	3,962
	Deaths	61	71	86	91	125	100	170	192	221	209
	Rate	74.5	75.3	77.3	70.2	85.3	60.6	89.1	82.4	88.3	83.0
Liver	Patients	7,030	8,386	10,482	12,746	14,949	17,797	21,040	23,526	25,677	26,326
	Deaths	579	671	829	992	1,181	1,424	1,827	1,791	2,034	1,818
	Rate	223.3	194.9	175.6	153.4	141.4	135.4	140.2	116.8	116.1	103.7
Intestine	Patients	58	121	153	162	199	219	225	266	342	363
	Deaths	3	14	20	22	43	46	44	24	46	53
	Rate	162.1	249.9	262.1	285.2	508.3	502.2	409.0	192.4	286.5	296.0
Heart	Patients	6,264	6,371	6,950	7,145	7,265	7,617	7,479	7,238	7,205	6,990
	Deaths	765	736	778	750	797	783	746	627	654	558
	Rate	275.0	256.3	243.6	210.2	213.4	196.7	181.3	157.9	162.6	142.8
Lung	Patients	2,172	2,625	3,178	3,556	4,040	4,535	4,884	5,161	5,404	5,445
	Deaths	252	288	346	396	421	506	580	496	497	483
	Rate	230.5	201.1	195.0	189.4	173.5	176.6	180.1	142.1	135.9	128.6
Heart-Lung	Patients	327	347	336	348	372	357	351	329	301	293
	Deaths	51	47	28	52	57	43	53	44	40	38
	Rate	271.7	233.6	136.4	241.8	251.3	180.7	224.5	207.5	189.1	185.1

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.

Patients who were waiting for multiple organs in a given year are counted in each organ section, but only once in the "All Organs"

section.