Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	34,852	38,090	41,777	45,378	49,299	53,429	57,152	60,663	64,353	68,468
	Deaths	1,318	1,385	1,533	1,851	2,061	2,444	3,271	3,040	3,209	3,396
	Rate	59.5	56.5	56.0	60.4	60.9	66.2	82.1	71.0	69.4	69.0
<1 Year	Patients	5	3	1	1	2	3	5	2	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	124	111	126	144	136	129	124	129	151	152
	Deaths	3	6	3	6	3	8	3	5	3	4
	Rate	55.4	107.6	47.5	82.6	46.4	127.0	49.0	82.9	43.7	61.3
6-10 Years	Patients	185	165	175	178	203	194	172	183	215	232
	Deaths	2	1	3	-	-	3	2	7	1	2
	Rate	18.9	11.9	33.9	-	-	27.8	21.7	74.4	9.0	16.6
11-17 Years	Patients	624	593	614	643	627	674	687	647	728	789
	Deaths	7	7	9	5	9	8	15	6	5	17
	Rate	18.1	19.8	27.8	14.2	25.1	20.5	40.6	16.4	12.8	38.9
18-34 Years	Patients	8,105	8,340	8,529	8,668	8,951	9,122	9,299	9,136	9,179	9,357
	Deaths	188	183	176	208	198	218	261	224	209	232
	Rate	36.5	33.9	31.3	35.3	32.4	34.6	40.3	34.4	32.0	34.5
35-49 Years	Patients	13,827	15,097	16,521	17,467	18,418	19,260	19,697	20,282	20,733	21,299
	Deaths	561	511	567	666	681	754	963	816	794	758
	Rate	62.9	51.9	51.8	55.6	53.1	55.6	68.8	56.2	52.5	48.6
50-64 Years	Patients	9,982	11,361	12,869	14,716	16,755	18,991	21,213	23,303	25,323	27,521
	Deaths	442	530	596	713	857	1,087	1,442	1,409	1,558	1,651
	Rate	70.2	72.6	70.5	72.1	74.6	83.3	97.3	85.6	85.2	83.4
65+ Years	Patients	1,999	2,419	2,942	3,561	4,207	5,056	5,955	6,981	8,023	9,117
	Deaths	115	147	179	253	313	366	585	573	639	732
	Rate	93.2	98.3	95.9	107.0	110.2	107.1	144.4	119.1	111.3	112.7
Unknown	Patients	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.