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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

Gender		Year
Gender		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
Female	Patients	1,800	1,751	1,738	1,721	1,627	1,587	1,520	1,484	1,505	1,585
	Deaths	170	171	185	157	143	132	131	116	101	123
	Rate	189.5	193.3	210.0	184.3	173.9	167.8	180.3	169.7	152.5	185.2
Male	Patients	5,648	5,439	5,405	5,189	4,893	4,612	4,358	4,347	4,262	4,327
	Deaths	634	515	534	474	444	394	339	324	276	318
	Rate	201.8	172.4	175.7	161.9	164.7	157.5	149.4	153.0	140.8	164.5

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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