Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	203	246	273	322	375	425	477	495	608	657
	Deaths	1	7	3	3	7	11	16	5	19	11
	Rate	9.4	47.2	17.4	16.3	32.4	46.7	62.8	18.1	54.1	28.0
<1 Year	Patients	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	3	5	6
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	Rate	-	-	-	*	*	-	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	6	7	5	4	9	11	4	4	18	19
	Deaths	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	4	3
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	1,024.5	*	*	844.9	584.3
6-10 Years	Patients	1	1	3	5	6	5	4	4	1	2
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
11-17 Years	Patients	6	7	6	5	5	7	6	8	11	9
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	133.9	*
18-34 Years	Patients	84	99	102	115	121	116	135	136	150	139
	Deaths	-	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	1	2
	Rate	-	17.4	15.2	16.5	15.6	30.1	59.4	41.6	11.7	26.1
35-49 Years	Patients	91	113	133	163	187	243	273	262	334	375
	Deaths	1	5	1	2	3	6	7	2	7	3
	Rate	20.9	73.4	12.5	21.0	25.6	44.3	47.1	13.3	35.1	12.5
50-64 Years	Patients	15	17	23	27	44	42	54	78	87	103
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	4	3
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	39.7	135.6	-	77.1	49.6
65+ Years	Patients	-	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	2	4
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
	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.