Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	4,387	4,990	5,319	6,110	6,897	7,618	8,380	9,311	10,371	11,559
	Deaths	146	165	190	230	306	428	368	431	528	563
	Rate	52.0	48.7	50.7	53.9	62.6	79.3	61.0	63.2	70.6	66.8
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	23,072	29,535	34,965	39,429	43,770	47,578	50,863	53,962	57,179	59,950
	Deaths	221	660	1,180	1,569	1,950	2,725	2,697	2,877	3,153	3,295
	Rate	16.8	36.6	52.2	59.5	65.6	83.0	75.8	74.8	77.1	76.3
Unknown	Patients	10,570	7,214	5,076	3,741	2,736	1,935	1,370	1,007	783	623
	Deaths	1,154	831	597	410	319	256	125	104	84	57
	Rate	135.1	139.6	139.3	129.0	141.7	158.1	108.2	117.9	122.7	104.1

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.