Table 13.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2004

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 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
White Patients 281 288 302 293 281 255 228 217 193 195
Deaths 25 46 52 33 38 36 29 29 17 24
Rate 144.9 263.4 282.1 170.3 202.9 222.8 181.2 190.7 124.2 176.1
African American Patients 24 29 31 32 35 37 40 39 33 30
Deaths 3 1 7 4 7 6 8 7 2 1
Rate 198.3 57.1 344.2 205.4 296.9 248.2 320.6 255.6 82.1 45.5
Hispanic/Latino Patients 18 25 32 26 28 29 24 25 30 26
Deaths 2 5 3 5 7 3 3 4 1 3
Rate 189.3 331.2 183.1 299.1 407.6 158.7 163.2 198.5 47.1 168.5
Asian Patients 10 5 5 3 4 7 6 6 5 9
Deaths 1 1 - 1 1 1 2 1 - 1
Rate 393.3 * * * * * * * * *
Other/Multi-race Patients 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 6 1 2
Deaths 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 - -
Rate * * * * * * * * * *


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.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.