Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
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
White Patients 2,028 2,165 2,379 2,703 3,065 3,034 2,938 2,806 2,814 2,830
Deaths 85 104 79 134 148 176 167 143 152 140
Rate 85.7 94.0 62.9 91.0 84.0 97.5 95.4 86.6 93.6 84.5
African American Patients 271 305 326 401 484 569 610 670 680 678
Deaths 7 12 24 27 34 34 37 44 50 42
Rate 50.9 73.8 128.6 125.0 120.8 94.9 94.2 106.2 113.8 98.5
Hispanic/Latino Patients 104 131 147 179 233 282 323 338 367 403
Deaths 3 7 4 8 11 10 17 16 16 17
Rate 58.7 106.1 51.8 92.9 83.5 59.4 87.4 77.6 72.6 70.9
Asian Patients 25 26 25 31 45 58 56 55 67 72
Deaths - 1 1 - 3 6 2 3 2 6
Rate - 65.9 69.2 - 118.3 165.0 57.7 96.3 49.7 129.7
Other/Multi-race Patients 8 7 14 21 23 20 22 30 29 33
Deaths - - - - 2 2 - 2 4 1
Rate * * - - 137.9 193.5 - 107.9 220.0 50.0


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.