Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Race		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
White	Patients	2,013	2,399	2,885	3,225	3,659	4,083	4,357	4,584	4,761	4,764
	Deaths	226	264	300	350	370	435	506	433	422	407
	Rate	227.3	207.3	190.4	188.0	171.1	170.5	178.5	142.3	133.2	125.6
African American	Patients	120	173	242	280	320	376	442	485	541	546
	Deaths	23	17	38	40	43	59	58	53	59	63
	Rate	429.8	186.0	299.5	255.5	227.1	262.0	203.9	161.6	159.0	166.1
Asian	Patients	29	25	25	30	34	40	47	53	58	68
	Deaths	3	2	3	2	6	4	8	9	8	6
	Rate	211.7	127.8	188.9	116.5	292.7	171.7	270.2	239.0	218.5	126.6
Other/Multi-race	Patients	7	23	23	21	26	35	38	39	44	57
	Deaths	-	4	2	4	2	8	8	1	8	6
	Rate	*	433.9	180.1	364.9	150.4	412.5	393.9	41.5	263.5	192.8
Unknown	Patients	3	5	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	10
	Deaths	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Rate	*	*	*	-	*	*	-	-	-	775.5

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.