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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

Patient Status		Year
Patient Status		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	Patients	465	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	3,885.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1A	Patients	899	1,262	1,285	1,261	1,144	1,109	1,051	1,125	1,249	1,382
	Deaths	195	230	227	205	165	148	148	122	107	130
	Rate	1,344.8	2,087.2	2,129.4	1,982.3	1,746.0	1,611.8	1,591.1	1,479.8	988.3	852.6
1B	Patients	1,043	1,182	1,174	1,027	1,043	974	1,063	1,114	1,179	1,346
	Deaths	108	122	120	85	115	86	95	80	74	79
	Rate	351.2	321.1	313.0	256.2	347.6	255.1	291.0	262.7	244.5	177.5
2	Patients	3,086	2,873	2,709	2,482	2,223	1,979	1,756	1,583	1,476	1,436
	Deaths	204	149	150	148	101	108	81	52	52	74
	Rate	99.9	77.3	79.8	85.4	69.1	87.1	78.4	56.6	56.6	80.3
Other	Patients	1,955	1,873	1,975	2,140	2,110	2,137	2,008	2,009	1,863	1,748
	Deaths	216	185	222	193	206	184	146	186	144	158
	Rate	141.8	127.2	143.1	119.8	126.4	113.6	94.6	124.4	111.3	146.4

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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