Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	2,953	3,009	3,312	3,448	3,516	3,693	3,669	3,594	3,619	3,503
	Deaths	405	372	404	386	422	409	361	328	365	288
	Rate	283.9	247.9	240.2	206.4	213.5	196.2	165.7	151.3	163.8	132.8
A	Patients	2,390	2,410	2,596	2,633	2,689	2,824	2,757	2,623	2,548	2,527
	Deaths	267	261	266	246	262	264	288	225	198	183
	Rate	275.6	267.0	247.2	204.9	206.5	192.9	205.9	175.1	153.3	145.3
B	Patients	716	752	814	822	834	863	816	793	792	773
	Deaths	78	79	83	97	94	95	82	59	69	70
	Rate	262.7	249.5	236.3	250.8	242.2	231.1	195.3	149.1	178.7	180.6
AB	Patients	205	200	228	242	226	237	237	228	246	187
	Deaths	15	24	25	21	19	15	15	15	22	17
	Rate	214.6	411.2	362.2	242.3	230.3	166.5	166.1	184.1	256.7	257.0

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.