Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	347	336	348	372	356	350	329	301	293	262
	Deaths	52	30	56	63	44	55	49	42	41	19
	Rate	262.7	148.5	264.1	281.2	188.8	236.8	233.8	200.6	200.9	101.4
<1 Year	Patients	2	5	5	4	6	1	1	3	1	-
	Deaths	1	-	3	3	1	-	-	1	1	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-
1-5 Years	Patients	17	10	17	22	19	16	18	18	13	8
	Deaths	2	3	5	7	5	3	6	3	3	-
	Rate	473.1	503.8	1,041.9	923.8	481.7	400.1	720.7	231.9	333.3	*
6-10 Years	Patients	19	12	11	11	8	11	3	8	10	12
	Deaths	3	2	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	-
	Rate	377.0	247.3	357.7	118.5	*	-	*	*	118.2	-
11-17 Years	Patients	27	30	30	23	46	37	35	34	23	20
	Deaths	3	2	3	3	7	9	4	10	4	3
	Rate	220.6	105.6	153.6	168.2	259.3	376.7	190.7	519.5	326.1	217.4
18-34 Years	Patients	120	123	104	111	92	98	92	73	81	80
	Deaths	19	11	19	12	6	13	11	9	14	7
	Rate	269.4	145.1	269.8	178.4	91.8	197.5	182.8	158.6	242.2	125.7
35-49 Years	Patients	128	115	136	138	125	127	130	121	109	90
	Deaths	21	9	17	24	15	26	17	13	14	4
	Rate	270.1	135.0	207.5	281.3	181.3	295.2	199.1	155.0	180.8	59.7
50-64 Years	Patients	34	41	45	63	60	60	50	43	55	51
	Deaths	3	3	7	13	9	4	11	5	4	5
	Rate	129.1	116.4	237.7	350.9	221.5	98.4	333.7	157.9	105.1	138.7
65+ Years	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*

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.