Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	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	277.0	258.0	244.8	211.7	214.5	198.0	182.5	159.5	163.8	143.8
<1 Year	Patients	158	157	152	125	147	139	99	104	118	125
	Deaths	39	48	33	32	39	39	16	25	23	30
	Rate	2,376.1	2,943.1	1,630.1	1,990.1	1,671.3	2,088.1	1,013.4	2,142.5	1,372.7	1,606.9
1-5 Years	Patients	168	161	189	187	192	208	226	237	254	258
	Deaths	31	28	28	33	27	29	33	31	38	26
	Rate	814.7	532.7	441.3	489.8	388.5	366.9	321.9	311.8	377.4	225.1
6-10 Years	Patients	60	67	73	80	94	89	102	98	75	103
	Deaths	14	6	7	12	15	10	6	4	7	11
	Rate	1,100.8	374.7	344.9	470.2	413.1	285.7	133.6	88.3	192.0	246.4
11-17 Years	Patients	141	146	165	193	172	198	200	202	207	198
	Deaths	19	16	21	24	22	18	27	21	22	18
	Rate	530.0	385.3	399.8	356.5	353.3	236.6	332.2	278.0	282.5	249.8
18-34 Years	Patients	512	484	550	557	550	543	558	523	577	591
	Deaths	61	59	67	63	50	58	51	46	51	59
	Rate	299.1	290.4	290.0	239.4	183.1	213.1	183.4	175.6	175.8	193.5
35-49 Years	Patients	1,619	1,619	1,686	1,705	1,684	1,680	1,558	1,476	1,478	1,407
	Deaths	174	167	169	161	173	147	159	111	117	103
	Rate	223.0	216.0	201.2	176.0	189.7	156.1	176.5	130.7	139.0	128.7
50-64 Years	Patients	3,291	3,406	3,719	3,774	3,805	4,052	3,924	3,771	3,655	3,467
	Deaths	392	366	406	378	396	402	362	318	324	260
	Rate	255.8	228.9	228.5	194.3	195.4	185.7	162.6	150.1	152.4	129.5
65+ Years	Patients	315	331	416	524	621	708	812	827	841	841
	Deaths	35	46	47	47	75	80	92	71	72	51
	Rate	245.8	304.3	271.1	193.0	239.6	218.0	210.6	151.6	143.3	98.4

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.