Table 6.7

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

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Transplants

Ethnicity		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	69	74	73	79	108	132	193	240	243	267
	Deaths	5	2	5	1	3	3	1	3	0	5
	Rate	145.6	51.1	162.4	22.5	63.0	46.5	10.3	25.7	0.0	39.0
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	-	-	3	2	1	4	4	4	6	5
	Deaths	-	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Rate	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	54	65	64	73	103	125	188	236	237	262
	Deaths	4	2	3	1	3	3	1	3	0	5
	Rate	149.8	55.0	115.9	24.2	66.1	49.1	10.5	26.5	0.0	40.3
Unknown	Patients	15	9	6	4	4	3	1	-	-	-
	Deaths	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Rate	130.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

Includes patients with a functioning transplant (placed during the previous 1-year period) at any time during

the calendar year. Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or 1-year anniversary

of the transplant, and is limited to time during each calendar year. See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.