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

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	1	6	11	8	7	9	9	13	21	26
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3
	Rate	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	-	89.4	207.6
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	148	197	234	292	357	409	462	478	584	628
	Deaths	-	5	2	2	4	11	15	4	18	8
	Rate	-	44.8	14.2	11.9	19.5	48.4	60.7	14.9	53.4	21.3
Unknown	Patients	54	43	28	22	11	7	6	4	3	3
	Deaths	1	2	1	1	2	-	1	1	-	-
	Rate	36.0	57.8	38.9	65.7	242.6	*	*	*	*	*

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.