Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	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	236.0	206.5	199.9	193.5	176.4	179.5	183.0	144.5	137.8	130.6
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	45	111	137	158	175	191	215	229	242	268
	Deaths	1	12	19	18	22	30	39	28	31	24
	Rate	38.9	255.6	242.7	214.9	200.5	246.1	277.8	178.2	191.5	130.1
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	975	1,713	2,614	3,129	3,648	4,175	4,537	4,822	5,065	5,090
	Deaths	6	106	271	346	378	458	533	462	463	457
	Rate	12.9	135.1	204.4	198.7	180.4	179.5	183.0	145.5	137.8	132.6
Unknown	Patients	1,152	801	427	269	217	169	132	110	97	87
	Deaths	245	170	56	32	21	18	8	6	3	2
	Rate	424.9	302.0	171.5	144.7	116.3	123.2	69.0	60.3	36.0	29.0

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.