Table 11.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2005

Heart Waiting List

Blood Type Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 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 227.4 226.5 218.7 198.5 176.6 181.8 165.9 165.2 157.7 152.3
O Patients 3,438 3,506 3,676 3,654 3,575 3,598 3,476 3,336 3,208 3,063
Deaths 410 446 452 391 362 400 324 328 284 283
Rate 220.6 227.1 218.5 181.3 168.7 181.6 152.2 164.1 150.3 159.0
A Patients 2,628 2,686 2,825 2,756 2,615 2,536 2,509 2,285 2,144 2,019
Deaths 264 269 287 309 246 214 207 177 169 129
Rate 220.9 212.8 210.8 222.3 193.4 167.8 167.5 155.2 162.4 139.5
B Patients 823 838 864 812 788 785 765 747 702 671
Deaths 106 103 103 87 62 79 79 64 53 45
Rate 274.2 264.9 251.9 209.6 159.4 208.9 210.0 184.7 155.5 151.6
AB Patients 244 227 237 236 224 239 182 178 181 171
Deaths 22 20 17 17 16 23 21 17 19 8
Rate 252.3 242.0 191.3 193.7 204.7 280.6 336.3 276.4 322.8 155.3
Unknown Patients - - - - - - - - 1 -
Deaths - - - - - - - - - -
Rate - - - - - - - - * -


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.

(-) = None in category.

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