Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Gender		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
Female	Patients	214	205	211	219	206	207	192	170	168	146
	Deaths	31	11	27	38	20	27	25	22	23	12
	Rate	252.5	84.5	200.7	280.7	146.8	191.1	201.2	184.4	202.3	111.1
Male	Patients	133	131	137	153	150	143	137	131	125	116
	Deaths	21	19	29	25	24	28	24	20	18	7
	Rate	279.3	264.4	373.9	282.0	247.9	307.8	281.1	222.2	199.2	88.2

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.