Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	289	373	379	429	470	468	488	534	540	566
	Deaths	20	45	42	57	55	57	43	49	49	61
	Rate	182.6	300.0	234.9	277.0	241.0	240.3	169.0	182.9	169.1	210.5
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	4,099	5,537	6,059	6,297	6,716	6,648	6,513	6,460	6,263	5,892
	Deaths	355	637	685	735	766	711	634	658	571	512
	Rate	252.3	292.9	245.9	242.0	229.1	200.6	183.2	186.0	167.0	160.2
Unknown	Patients	1,977	1,034	699	534	422	350	219	184	152	129
	Deaths	405	146	70	51	32	38	14	11	9	9
	Rate	304.4	172.3	122.0	109.1	86.4	130.7	71.1	67.1	65.7	80.3

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.