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Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	7,448	7,190	7,143	6,910	6,520	6,199	5,878	5,831	5,767	5,912
	Deaths	804	686	719	631	587	526	470	440	377	441
	Rate	199.1	177.2	183.4	167.0	166.9	160.0	156.9	157.1	143.8	169.8
<1 Year	Patients	99	102	113	120	92	124	109	120	111	160
	Deaths	16	28	24	33	23	20	30	24	16	30
	Rate	1,022.4	2,568.6	1,522.4	1,991.9	1,964.2	1,216.3	2,464.6	1,866.3	1,399.1	1,360.8
1-5 Years	Patients	222	234	249	252	234	225	216	217	251	277
	Deaths	34	33	40	29	31	26	21	16	29	39
	Rate	347.1	346.7	415.1	268.9	298.6	296.1	249.4	204.9	356.0	441.6
6-11 Years	Patients	118	118	95	128	143	137	141	140	144	141
	Deaths	9	6	10	15	13	11	15	8	7	11
	Rate	174.4	113.7	230.5	319.1	209.0	176.0	226.7	119.9	101.3	176.2
12-17 Years	Patients	182	179	180	171	178	171	192	187	174	170
	Deaths	27	18	21	20	19	13	15	12	6	10
	Rate	371.4	269.8	308.4	307.2	366.5	225.2	240.3	201.8	97.6	180.4
18-34 Years	Patients	553	517	571	587	605	630	625	591	572	582
	Deaths	55	51	56	60	48	48	53	43	28	43
	Rate	202.2	199.6	197.2	201.1	156.8	146.4	170.5	154.2	110.2	155.1
35-49 Years	Patients	1,555	1,471	1,473	1,394	1,320	1,213	1,130	1,140	1,120	1,123
	Deaths	165	119	128	110	95	96	77	78	67	66
	Rate	184.7	141.5	153.9	140.2	130.2	147.1	128.8	139.4	133.7	133.7
50-64 Years	Patients	3,914	3,752	3,637	3,440	3,134	2,932	2,711	2,663	2,601	2,593
	Deaths	397	352	349	301	268	229	194	195	163	173
	Rate	179.8	168.1	166.3	152.9	153.0	140.2	134.5	145.7	130.1	144.2
65+ Years	Patients	805	817	825	818	814	767	754	773	794	866
	Deaths	101	79	91	63	90	83	65	64	61	69
	Rate	236.3	173.4	188.5	128.3	179.7	184.5	154.9	157.3	155.9	173.0

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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