Table 1.6

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

Waiting List, 1995 to 2004

Organ Type Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
All Organs Patients 63,046 69,586 76,544 84,885 93,168 100,318 106,658 111,283 114,170 120,012
  Deaths 3,743 4,263 4,738 5,455 6,750 6,484 7,108 7,166 7,091 7,306
  Rate 101.1 99.6 97.8 99.8 110.4 96.8 97.3 94.2 90.3 88.4
Kidney Patients 41,719 45,345 49,248 53,368 57,126 60,609 64,246 68,297 71,966 77,148
  Deaths 1,625 1,945 2,185 2,529 3,315 3,114 3,365 3,722 3,852 4,030
  Rate 59.4 63.5 64.7 68.6 83.3 72.8 72.9 76.0 74.2 72.2
PTA Patients 284 334 388 430 485 502 618 667 707 798
  Deaths 4 6 4 15 10 7 19 14 18 25
  Rate 22.1 31.2 17.9 62.5 38.8 25.3 54.1 35.7 42.7 52.6
PAK Patients 186 242 270 313 467 768 1,027 1,218 1,326 1,490
  Deaths 2 1 7 5 5 10 16 17 16 26
  Rate 20.2 7.4 46.9 31.5 24.9 26.2 27.8 23.3 18.9 27.5
KP Patients 2,295 2,437 2,636 2,890 3,335 3,852 3,964 3,949 3,903 3,967
  Deaths 93 96 126 108 167 198 229 222 207 226
  Rate 85.1 75.6 88.3 67.4 90.4 88.0 94.9 91.8 87.9 95.0
Liver Patients 10,454 12,718 14,913 17,763 20,996 23,431 25,574 26,209 25,780 26,500
  Deaths 932 1,103 1,272 1,566 2,011 2,014 2,322 2,159 2,080 2,136
  Rate 199.6 172.9 154.4 151.5 157.4 134.8 136.0 126.7 124.6 125.6
Intestine Patients 150 159 195 215 215 250 326 354 360 403
  Deaths 21 24 45 49 47 27 46 53 50 57
  Rate 278.7 317.6 542.2 539.8 444.0 223.3 296.9 303.4 297.8 305.6
Heart Patients 6,943 7,135 7,257 7,606 7,460 7,205 7,163 6,937 6,551 6,248
  Deaths 823 800 836 855 805 686 713 628 585 525
  Rate 259.4 226.3 225.4 217.1 198.1 175.9 180.3 164.3 164.2 156.2
Lung Patients 3,173 3,549 4,025 4,530 4,875 5,149 5,383 5,409 5,557 5,667
  Deaths 357 419 436 520 600 518 531 530 487 512
  Rate 206.7 205.2 183.1 184.8 189.9 151.6 148.1 144.7 130.3 133.9
Heart-Lung Patients 336 348 372 355 349 329 300 293 262 262
  Deaths 32 53 63 43 54 46 42 42 20 29
  Rate 158.4 249.9 281.2 185.0 233.5 220.0 200.6 205.8 106.7 158.7


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

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.

Patients who were waiting for multiple organs in a given year are counted in each organ section, but only once in the "All Organs"section.