Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	3,710	4,394	4,996	5,317	6,110	6,899	7,617	8,387	9,326	10,400
	Deaths	75	129	155	175	209	288	406	352	402	465
	Rate	30.7	45.9	45.8	46.7	49.0	58.9	75.2	58.3	58.8	61.9
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	17,636	22,973	29,473	34,908	39,385	43,744	47,558	50,867	53,985	57,205
	Deaths	56	202	619	1,119	1,477	1,864	2,622	2,578	2,717	2,859
	Rate	5.3	15.5	34.5	49.6	56.1	62.7	79.9	72.4	70.5	69.7
Unknown	Patients	13,506	10,723	7,308	5,153	3,804	2,786	1,977	1,409	1,042	863
	Deaths	1,187	1,054	759	557	375	292	243	110	90	72
	Rate	129.0	121.8	125.8	127.9	116.0	127.2	146.7	92.5	98.5	99.3

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.