Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	3,006	3,309	3,444	3,513	3,687	3,664	3,586	3,611	3,488	3,360
	Deaths	394	423	408	447	447	392	366	399	323	324
	Rate	263.1	252.0	218.6	226.6	215.0	180.5	169.4	179.7	150.0	159.9
A	Patients	2,407	2,593	2,629	2,686	2,821	2,751	2,617	2,539	2,514	2,294
	Deaths	279	289	261	273	287	308	247	216	207	177
	Rate	286.3	269.3	218.0	215.6	210.5	221.1	193.3	168.4	166.0	153.2
B	Patients	752	814	822	835	863	814	790	787	768	750
	Deaths	83	90	106	103	102	88	62	79	78	64
	Rate	262.1	256.2	273.5	264.8	248.8	210.9	158.2	207.2	204.5	181.7
AB	Patients	200	228	242	226	237	237	227	241	185	183
	Deaths	24	26	22	20	17	18	16	24	21	17
	Rate	411.2	376.6	253.8	242.4	188.6	201.1	198.7	284.3	322.9	259.8

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.