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

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	1	3	2	5	3	5	14	33	58	70
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	57.5	67.3	-
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	106	129	185	242	277	312	462	741	972	1,155
	Deaths	-	4	-	1	6	5	5	9	18	18
	Rate	-	66.0	-	7.4	39.8	31.1	25.0	24.6	33.1	26.1
Unknown	Patients	26	22	12	10	8	4	1	2	3	2
	Deaths	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	128.0	123.1	90.8	-	*	*	*	*	*	*

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.