Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 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
White Patients 252 301 350 394 445 459 561 605 645 715
Deaths 3 4 4 12 10 5 16 10 14 21
Rate 18.7 22.7 19.8 55.0 42.7 19.6 49.9 27.6 36.3 48.2
African American Patients 21 24 26 24 27 26 35 28 25 40
Deaths 1 1 - 3 - 2 2 1 2 3
Rate 68.1 73.3 - 176.4 - 122.6 111.5 70.9 149.0 175.0
Hispanic/Latino Patients 10 7 7 9 9 14 21 29 29 32
Deaths - 1 - - - - 1 3 1 1
Rate - * * * * - 89.6 194.3 55.8 57.6
Asian Patients 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 5 8
Deaths - - - - - - - - 1 -
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Other/Multi-race Patients - - 2 1 2 1 - 3 3 3
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.