Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 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
White Patients 21,114 22,586 23,810 25,427 26,687 27,534 28,458 29,645 30,448 32,076
Deaths 949 1,088 1,191 1,323 1,703 1,555 1,633 1,739 1,792 1,803
Rate 72.7 76.0 77.5 80.5 97.8 85.4 84.9 87.0 87.2 83.1
African American Patients 13,596 15,030 16,496 17,907 19,326 20,761 22,128 23,432 24,588 26,167
Deaths 468 609 693 784 1,043 1,060 1,129 1,275 1,282 1,407
Rate 49.0 56.0 57.1 59.1 72.0 67.7 66.9 71.2 67.7 69.8
Hispanic/Latino Patients 4,545 4,855 5,633 6,352 7,085 7,888 8,805 9,832 10,986 12,221
Deaths 150 175 209 279 381 337 396 484 518 574
Rate 49.1 51.6 53.6 62.2 76.4 59.6 61.7 68.5 64.9 63.4
Asian Patients 1,962 2,279 2,681 2,979 3,275 3,645 3,985 4,378 4,795 5,277
Deaths 46 50 62 107 150 128 157 177 202 194
Rate 33.5 30.6 32.2 49.2 62.4 47.7 52.3 53.4 55.2 48.5
Other/Multi-race Patients 492 581 599 663 705 744 812 922 977 1,133
Deaths 12 23 30 36 38 34 50 47 58 52
Rate 37.4 57.4 68.7 76.0 75.7 63.1 84.9 70.6 80.6 64.9
Unknown Patients 10 14 29 40 48 37 58 88 172 274
Deaths - - - - - - - - - -
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.