Table 7.3

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

Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	133	154	199	257	288	321	477	776	1,033	1,227
	Deaths	2	6	1	1	6	6	5	10	20	18
	Rate	30.1	76.1	9.2	6.8	37.8	36.3	24.3	26.0	34.7	24.5
O	Patients	54	64	81	90	121	135	213	342	468	573
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	1	3	4	6	9	9
	Rate	-	-	21.7	-	16.0	38.5	40.1	34.3	33.1	25.5
A	Patients	53	67	83	118	118	140	193	323	418	466
	Deaths	1	5	-	1	3	3	1	3	10	7
	Rate	49.9	164.5	-	16.2	44.8	47.5	12.4	18.7	44.9	25.8
B	Patients	16	16	29	40	37	33	55	82	109	143
	Deaths	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1
	Rate	104.6	107.9	-	-	87.9	-	-	27.9	-	11.7
AB	Patients	10	7	6	9	12	13	16	29	38	45
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Rate	-	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	45.2	43.6

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.