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Table 10.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Intestine Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	212	247	320	349	356	393	451	485	497	463
	Deaths	47	27	44	53	47	56	58	54	49	28
	Rate	495.8	254.1	318.7	322.4	302.3	326.3	328.1	265.8	232.8	129.6
White	Patients	142	156	216	240	242	250	286	318	325	296
	Deaths	33	13	29	32	29	36	32	33	37	16
	Rate	520.2	195.8	331.2	284.2	279.9	336.9	286.1	248.1	270.6	116.6
African American	Patients	41	52	59	53	51	69	84	81	88	79
	Deaths	12	9	8	7	9	13	12	8	8	7
	Rate	637.1	388.0	253.2	236.6	312.6	377.2	371.7	232.7	212.6	177.9
Other/Multi-race	Patients	1	-	1	3	5	2	5	7	7	7
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
	Rate	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	Patients	6	8	5	5	8	13	10	13	11	10
	Deaths	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	231.4	380.9	156.8	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	22	31	39	48	50	59	66	66	66	71
	Deaths	2	5	7	11	8	6	11	11	3	5
	Rate	212.5	391.7	441.5	579.8	419.4	240.0	421.6	412.3	104.2	152.8

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

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.

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