Table 1.6

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

Waiting List, 1996 to 2005

Organ Type Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
All Organs Patients 69,514 76,458 84,802 93,073 100,231 106,547 111,140 113,984 119,652 124,884
  Deaths 4,269 4,740 5,457 6,760 6,498 7,121 7,176 7,100 7,321 7,193
  Rate 99.8 97.9 100.0 110.7 97.1 97.6 94.5 90.6 89.1 83.9
Kidney Patients 45,312 49,211 53,330 57,079 60,567 64,200 68,230 71,874 76,941 82,582
  Deaths 1,949 2,184 2,528 3,320 3,125 3,375 3,729 3,853 4,038 4,156
  Rate 63.7 64.7 68.6 83.4 73.1 73.2 76.2 74.3 72.8 69.8
PTA Patients 332 385 429 483 499 617 666 704 793 851
  Deaths 6 4 16 9 7 19 13 19 25 31
  Rate 31.3 18.0 66.8 35.0 25.4 54.3 33.3 45.4 52.7 60.9
PAK Patients 245 274 315 470 771 1,027 1,218 1,326 1,492 1,435
  Deaths 1 7 5 5 10 16 17 16 26 24
  Rate 7.2 46.3 31.2 24.8 26.1 27.8 23.3 18.9 27.6 24.3
KP Patients 2,436 2,634 2,891 3,335 3,850 3,963 3,949 3,899 3,957 4,016
  Deaths 95 124 108 169 198 228 223 208 224 206
  Rate 74.9 86.8 67.3 91.5 88.0 94.5 92.3 88.5 94.6 85.2
Liver Patients 12,698 14,883 17,732 20,966 23,400 25,532 26,159 25,718 26,393 26,705
  Deaths 1,103 1,274 1,565 2,017 2,018 2,324 2,160 2,087 2,145 2,104
  Rate 173.1 154.8 151.6 158.0 135.2 136.3 127.1 125.5 127.0 123.8
Intestine Patients 157 192 211 212 247 320 349 356 393 453
  Deaths 24 44 48 47 27 44 52 48 56 57
  Rate 318.1 534.2 537.7 452.5 227.6 291.5 301.3 288.0 306.0 306.4
Heart Patients 7,133 7,257 7,602 7,458 7,202 7,158 6,932 6,546 6,236 5,924
  Deaths 802 838 859 804 686 716 631 586 525 465
  Rate 226.8 225.9 218.1 197.9 175.9 181.1 165.1 164.6 157.0 151.5
Lung Patients 3,545 4,018 4,528 4,870 5,145 5,377 5,403 5,554 5,656 5,280
  Deaths 420 437 520 600 518 532 529 489 514 394
  Rate 205.8 183.6 184.9 190.0 151.7 148.6 144.5 131.0 134.9 113.5
Heart-Lung Patients 347 371 355 348 329 300 292 262 262 225
  Deaths 52 63 43 55 46 42 42 20 29 27
  Rate 245.2 281.2 185.0 237.9 220.0 200.6 205.8 106.7 158.7 168.8


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

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.