Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	22	21	27	33	27	32	31	25	25	30
	Deaths	3	3	6	3	5	8	3	3	4	1
	Rate	258.8	241.3	371.5	172.7	282.3	421.3	139.2	161.2	198.5	46.5
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	210	249	284	311	305	295	278	259	255	219
	Deaths	27	19	45	59	39	46	46	39	37	17
	Rate	269.1	136.9	274.3	324.1	202.1	239.2	272.5	220.9	216.3	111.1
Unknown	Patients	115	66	37	28	24	23	20	17	13	13
	Deaths	22	8	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Rate	255.8	157.4	157.0	40.6	-	47.7	-	-	-	78.1

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.