Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	249	285	370	379	429	470	471	491	538	547
	Deaths	20	16	42	39	55	50	53	40	47	45
	Rate	217.3	148.4	283.1	219.3	268.0	217.1	220.7	155.4	173.1	153.0
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	2,948	4,092	5,532	6,055	6,291	6,715	6,649	6,517	6,467	6,276
	Deaths	48	335	603	646	695	708	663	577	597	503
	Rate	41.7	239.3	278.0	232.3	229.1	211.7	186.9	166.5	168.4	146.2
Unknown	Patients	3,067	1,994	1,048	711	545	432	359	230	200	167
	Deaths	697	385	133	65	47	25	30	10	10	10
	Rate	458.5	286.2	154.6	111.1	98.5	65.9	100.1	48.1	57.2	67.6

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.