Table 11.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2003

Heart Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	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
<1 Year	Patients	157	152	124	147	139	99	104	113	120	92
	Deaths	49	33	33	39	39	16	28	23	32	21
	Rate	3,006.4	1,629.7	2,052.3	1,671.7	2,088.1	1,013.2	2,399.0	1,372.4	1,714.0	1,674.0
1-5 Years	Patients	161	189	187	192	208	225	236	253	258	242
	Deaths	28	29	35	29	30	34	32	40	28	30
	Rate	532.7	457.0	519.4	417.0	384.0	334.9	325.1	401.2	242.5	270.0
6-10 Years	Patients	67	73	79	94	89	102	98	75	102	123
	Deaths	6	8	12	15	11	6	4	8	14	11
	Rate	374.7	394.2	470.9	413.1	314.3	133.6	88.3	219.5	320.6	197.9
11-17 Years	Patients	146	165	193	172	198	200	202	206	198	204
	Deaths	17	22	25	23	18	28	21	23	20	21
	Rate	409.4	418.8	371.4	369.3	236.6	344.5	278.0	296.8	281.5	333.7
18-34 Years	Patients	483	548	556	549	540	556	521	576	590	608
	Deaths	62	72	69	51	63	55	51	56	63	48
	Rate	307.2	314.3	264.4	188.1	232.9	199.2	196.2	193.7	207.4	154.2
35-49 Years	Patients	1,618	1,686	1,705	1,684	1,680	1,557	1,475	1,476	1,405	1,333
	Deaths	180	176	173	184	159	167	121	125	109	95
	Rate	232.9	209.5	189.1	201.8	168.9	185.6	142.6	148.8	136.5	127.2
50-64 Years	Patients	3,402	3,715	3,769	3,801	4,047	3,919	3,762	3,645	3,450	3,151
	Deaths	389	438	402	419	440	400	354	353	300	269
	Rate	243.9	247.0	207.0	207.1	203.9	180.2	167.8	167.0	150.9	151.3
65+ Years	Patients	331	416	524	621	707	808	822	834	832	834
	Deaths	49	50	48	83	93	100	80	90	63	87
	Rate	324.5	288.4	197.1	265.0	254.8	231.0	173.0	181.7	124.1	167.0

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.

(-) = None in category.

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