Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Race		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
White	Patients	5,353	5,384	5,887	6,032	6,164	6,395	6,257	6,077	5,982	5,711
	Deaths	651	608	656	626	672	641	628	517	539	426
	Rate	275.5	250.0	242.7	207.9	213.4	192.9	181.7	155.7	160.8	132.0
African American	Patients	778	833	900	959	956	1,057	1,069	986	1,019	1,041
	Deaths	99	107	105	101	109	125	102	92	99	104
	Rate	281.5	298.9	253.2	212.4	216.3	225.3	182.8	171.1	180.5	189.4
Asian	Patients	57	70	91	76	75	84	87	97	115	126
	Deaths	4	7	7	8	9	8	9	9	7	19
	Rate	222.7	272.3	212.7	284.8	317.0	205.6	239.1	214.4	133.9	326.2
Other/Multi-race	Patients	49	59	64	75	67	78	65	77	88	110
	Deaths	3	6	9	14	7	9	7	9	9	9
	Rate	170.9	263.1	401.3	530.0	211.2	248.2	199.4	293.8	233.2	199.6
Unknown	Patients	27	25	8	3	3	3	1	1	1	2
	Deaths	8	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	662.3	559.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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.