Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	109	135	157	174	190	213	228	241	266	289
	Deaths	12	21	20	26	31	40	29	34	29	34
	Rate	261.2	269.2	240.3	239.5	256.4	289.0	185.4	210.1	160.1	174.5
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	1,725	2,623	3,132	3,653	4,178	4,538	4,819	5,056	5,079	5,216
	Deaths	120	280	364	392	470	555	490	491	501	451
	Rate	151.3	210.2	208.5	186.8	184.1	190.5	154.6	146.6	146.2	128.7
Unknown	Patients	789	415	261	209	163	125	104	90	71	60
	Deaths	179	59	34	22	21	8	7	4	3	2
	Rate	324.3	186.3	159.4	126.6	149.8	72.9	75.6	52.3	48.5	36.5

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.