Table 1.6

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk

Waiting List, 1994 to 2003

Organ Type		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
All Organs	Patients	56,033	63,093	69,640	76,622	84,954	93,230	100,410	106,762	111,395	114,442
	Deaths	3,416	3,813	4,296	4,799	5,521	6,886	6,594	7,178	7,219	7,147
	Rate	106.0	102.9	100.3	99.0	101.0	112.6	98.3	98.2	94.8	90.6
Kidney	Patients	38,029	41,739	45,360	49,280	53,403	57,131	60,613	64,280	68,333	72,132
	Deaths	1,521	1,656	1,967	2,209	2,575	3,409	3,190	3,412	3,765	3,915
	Rate	62.1	60.5	64.2	65.3	69.8	85.6	74.5	73.9	76.7	75.1
PTA	Patients	246	273	321	375	425	474	492	602	652	710
	Deaths	7	3	5	8	13	14	6	19	14	19
	Rate	47.2	17.4	27.1	37.1	55.2	55.3	22.0	54.7	36.0	45.8
PAK	Patients	154	199	257	287	321	480	779	1,038	1,231	1,338
	Deaths	7	3	1	6	6	5	12	23	18	18
	Rate	88.8	27.6	6.8	37.8	36.3	24.2	31.0	39.7	24.5	21.1
KP	Patients	1,964	2,297	2,437	2,638	2,890	3,336	3,853	3,969	3,953	3,910
	Deaths	74	93	97	129	107	179	199	232	223	208
	Rate	80.5	85.1	76.4	90.3	66.7	96.9	88.4	96.1	92.1	87.9
Liver	Patients	8,378	10,478	12,743	14,939	17,788	21,019	23,460	25,597	26,223	25,820
	Deaths	768	956	1,106	1,282	1,568	2,032	2,037	2,332	2,164	2,071
	Rate	225.3	204.5	173.2	155.5	151.6	159.0	136.3	136.6	126.9	123.6
Intestine	Patients	121	153	162	199	219	225	265	338	359	367
	Deaths	14	21	23	44	51	46	27	47	54	50
	Rate	255.6	277.2	299.3	521.7	560.7	428.7	220.1	300.4	308.7	294.9
Heart	Patients	6,365	6,944	7,137	7,260	7,608	7,466	7,220	7,178	6,955	6,587
	Deaths	780	828	797	843	853	806	691	718	629	582
	Rate	273.9	261.0	225.3	227.2	216.4	197.9	176.7	180.9	163.5	161.7
Lung	Patients	2,623	3,173	3,550	4,036	4,531	4,876	5,151	5,387	5,416	5,565
	Deaths	311	360	418	440	522	603	526	529	533	487
	Rate	223.6	208.4	204.7	184.8	185.5	190.8	153.9	147.4	145.2	129.8
Heart-Lung	Patients	347	336	348	372	356	350	329	301	293	262
	Deaths	52	30	56	63	44	55	49	42	41	19
	Rate	262.7	148.5	264.1	281.2	188.8	236.8	233.8	200.6	200.9	101.4

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

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.

Patients who were waiting for multiple organs in a given year are counted in each organ section, but only once in the "All Organs"

section.