Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	38,029	41,739	45,360	49,280	53,403	57,131	60,613	64,280	68,333	72,132
	Deaths	1,521	1,656	1,967	2,209	2,575	3,409	3,190	3,412	3,765	3,915
	Rate	62.1	60.5	64.2	65.3	69.8	85.6	74.5	73.9	76.7	75.1
<1 Year	Patients	3	1	1	2	3	4	2	1	-	4
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	*
1-5 Years	Patients	110	125	143	135	127	124	129	151	152	164
	Deaths	6	3	6	3	7	3	5	3	4	4
	Rate	109.6	48.2	83.5	46.6	111.5	49.0	82.9	43.7	61.8	55.3
6-10 Years	Patients	164	175	178	203	194	172	183	215	232	210
	Deaths	1	4	-	-	3	2	7	1	2	3
	Rate	11.9	45.3	-	-	28.0	21.7	74.4	9.0	16.6	27.7
11-17 Years	Patients	591	613	640	626	673	686	646	727	786	862
	Deaths	8	9	5	10	8	15	7	5	19	12
	Rate	22.7	27.9	14.2	27.9	20.5	40.6	19.1	12.8	43.8	25.9
18-34 Years	Patients	8,321	8,520	8,665	8,946	9,113	9,294	9,126	9,171	9,346	9,538
	Deaths	191	184	215	201	228	268	233	219	248	234
	Rate	35.4	32.7	36.5	32.9	36.2	41.4	35.8	33.6	37.0	34.0
35-49 Years	Patients	15,076	16,508	17,468	18,417	19,259	19,699	20,267	20,711	21,267	21,966
	Deaths	554	614	709	722	785	999	847	842	840	855
	Rate	56.4	56.1	59.2	56.3	57.9	71.4	58.4	55.7	54.0	52.8
50-64 Years	Patients	11,351	12,859	14,708	16,747	18,979	21,199	23,283	25,292	27,456	29,222
	Deaths	592	637	769	928	1,147	1,506	1,479	1,652	1,821	1,873
	Rate	81.2	75.3	77.8	80.8	87.9	101.7	89.9	90.6	92.4	88.4
65+ Years	Patients	2,412	2,938	3,557	4,204	5,055	5,953	6,977	8,012	9,094	10,166
	Deaths	169	205	263	345	397	616	612	690	831	934
	Rate	113.4	110.0	111.4	121.6	116.3	152.2	127.3	120.4	128.7	128.6
Unknown	Patients	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.