Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	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	79.3	91.5	70.1	93.7	89.4	95.9	93.4	89.6	95.6	86.2
O	Patients	1,188	1,301	1,425	1,649	1,908	2,003	2,034	2,027	2,004	2,061
	Deaths	52	65	54	90	109	119	119	104	106	101
	Rate	87.5	97.6	68.7	98.3	95.4	95.4	92.0	83.7	85.2	78.3
A	Patients	870	910	989	1,147	1,333	1,312	1,277	1,240	1,323	1,339
	Deaths	33	40	29	50	55	69	72	62	77	69
	Rate	82.3	90.0	60.5	85.4	76.9	91.3	102.7	89.2	107.4	95.1
B	Patients	311	338	388	437	504	543	529	521	520	493
	Deaths	9	15	23	27	26	32	28	36	38	31
	Rate	51.6	72.4	99.9	105.2	85.6	98.1	82.5	107.1	116.1	98.5
AB	Patients	67	85	89	102	105	105	109	111	110	123
	Deaths	1	4	2	2	8	8	4	6	3	5
	Rate	34.8	107.9	44.8	44.3	146.1	161.6	74.0	122.9	54.8	84.0

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.