Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	181	177	171	182	177	178	173	155	146	133
	Deaths	23	16	31	24	26	26	25	23	20	9
	Rate	201.3	136.4	281.1	211.2	213.0	209.8	219.7	201.5	188.3	92.5
A	Patients	121	123	140	140	127	123	113	107	104	90
	Deaths	20	12	21	31	10	20	19	10	12	7
	Rate	344.2	186.0	271.2	386.0	122.7	252.5	281.5	133.7	163.9	111.1
B	Patients	32	21	26	37	39	33	28	25	31	28
	Deaths	8	1	2	6	7	7	4	4	7	1
	Rate	438.4	80.3	120.4	297.4	322.4	367.8	227.5	300.9	383.6	46.8
AB	Patients	13	15	11	13	13	16	15	14	12	11
	Deaths	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	5	2	2
	Rate	136.5	129.6	257.6	202.4	129.3	198.8	93.2	706.8	313.5	346.6

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.