Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Ethnicity		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	1,964	2,297	2,437	2,638	2,890	3,336	3,853	3,969	3,953	3,910
	Deaths	74	93	97	129	107	179	199	232	223	208
	Rate	80.5	85.1	76.4	90.3	66.7	96.9	88.4	96.1	92.1	87.9
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	87	122	112	139	158	190	239	290	333	344
	Deaths	2	4	3	7	5	10	11	10	17	15
	Rate	50.3	66.8	51.9	96.1	58.1	106.5	79.5	57.7	84.0	71.1
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	1,556	2,025	2,253	2,453	2,703	3,126	3,601	3,670	3,614	3,561
	Deaths	22	58	82	114	95	165	186	220	205	193
	Rate	33.5	62.2	71.0	86.4	63.6	94.9	88.4	98.5	92.6	89.7
Unknown	Patients	321	150	72	46	29	20	13	9	6	5
	Deaths	50	31	12	8	7	4	2	2	1	-
	Rate	224.5	308.2	212.1	222.7	299.3	271.7	215.1	*	*	*

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.