Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Race		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
White	Patients	304	298	312	332	318	307	283	249	239	220
	Deaths	42	25	53	55	39	46	41	30	31	16
	Rate	239.1	137.2	280.8	275.8	185.8	225.1	227.8	169.7	181.2	102.2
African American	Patients	27	24	29	31	32	35	37	40	39	33
	Deaths	9	3	2	7	4	6	7	8	7	2
	Rate	594.7	198.3	114.3	344.2	205.4	254.5	289.6	320.6	255.6	82.1
Asian	Patients	11	9	5	4	1	3	6	5	5	4
	Deaths	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	2	1	-
	Rate	204.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Other/Multi-race	Patients	4	4	1	4	4	4	2	6	9	4
	Deaths	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	2	2	1
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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.