Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Status at Listing		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	Patients	1,494	1,747	1,763	1,900	2,154	682	242	181	153	129
	Deaths	325	355	337	343	403	104	16	6	4	4
	Rate	1,117.1	996.3	766.0	699.5	673.9	271.6	77.7	36.2	28.5	34.8
1A	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	720	1,013	1,064	1,107	997
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	184	228	240	218	176
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	1,495.2	1,123.5	1,043.8	866.2	707.6
1B	Patients	-	-	-	-	1	704	893	1,028	1,015	1,035
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	86	100	118	112	116
	Rate	-	-	-	-	*	547.8	385.3	358.4	336.8	367.8
2	Patients	4,646	5,016	5,241	5,237	5,340	5,245	4,975	4,799	4,559	4,297
	Deaths	441	456	446	490	443	419	337	343	274	263
	Rate	184.9	170.5	148.5	156.6	136.0	125.7	105.9	108.1	89.8	92.5
Other	Patients	225	181	133	123	113	115	97	106	121	129
	Deaths	14	17	14	10	7	13	10	11	21	23
	Rate	81.7	119.7	146.9	109.1	81.0	174.1	162.3	154.3	300.3	302.9

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.