Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 332 385 429 483 499 617 666 704 793 851
Deaths 6 4 16 9 7 19 13 19 25 31
Rate 31.9 18.3 67.3 35.3 25.5 54.6 33.4 45.6 52.8 61.0
White Patients 300 348 393 444 457 560 604 642 713 759
Deaths 4 4 13 9 5 16 9 14 21 22
Rate 23.3 20.3 60.3 38.9 19.7 50.4 25.1 36.6 48.4 47.5
African American Patients 24 26 24 27 26 35 28 25 38 50
Deaths 1 - 3 - 2 2 1 3 3 6
Rate 73.2 - 176.4 - 122.7 111.4 70.9 237.2 186.2 277.3
Hispanic/Latino Patients 7 7 9 8 13 21 29 29 31 31
Deaths 1 - - - - 1 3 1 1 2
Rate * * * * - 89.7 194.4 55.8 57.5 118.0
Asian Patients 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 5 8 9
Deaths - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Other/Multi-race Patients - 2 1 2 1 - 3 3 3 2
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.