Table 8.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1992 to 2002

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	1,706	1,975	2,298	2,441	2,646	2,894	3,348	3,853	3,976	3,962
	Deaths	61	71	86	91	125	100	170	192	221	209
	Rate	76.0	76.8	78.7	71.4	86.8	61.9	91.9	85.2	91.3	86.0
1-5 Years	Patients	4	1	1	3	4	3	5	5	4	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
6-10 Years	Patients	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	*	-	*	-	*	*
11-17 Years	Patients	2	2	2	-	2	5	4	1	1	2
	Deaths	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Rate	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-34 Years	Patients	605	672	731	752	804	764	817	885	903	873
	Deaths	19	21	21	28	34	22	39	28	32	30
	Rate	72.1	71.6	63.3	74.2	83.0	53.1	92.3	56.5	60.6	58.3
35-49 Years	Patients	996	1,173	1,411	1,505	1,607	1,818	2,096	2,348	2,372	2,366
	Deaths	39	43	58	58	78	68	101	122	132	126
	Rate	79.9	76.2	84.4	73.2	86.3	65.8	85.8	86.7	90.4	85.8
50-64 Years	Patients	98	125	152	181	226	299	420	605	686	706
	Deaths	3	6	7	5	13	9	28	39	56	50
	Rate	61.6	91.0	94.6	48.1	106.0	56.3	115.3	114.3	132.3	113.9
65+ Years	Patients	-	1	1	-	2	5	5	9	9	13
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	2
	Rate	-	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	254.1

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.