Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Waitlist Center State		Year
Waitlist Center State		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
Alabama	Patients	85	97	105	101	96	71	80	99	97	90
	Deaths	8	9	13	10	12	9	13	5	8	13
	Rate	178.1	197.0	217.2	148.2	271.9	215.1	291.4	96.9	140.0	241.1
Arkansas	Patients	38	35	48	47	44	53	49	38	45	66
	Deaths	1	6	6	7	4	2	6	3	4	3
	Rate	80.8	441.3	441.6	554.1	298.9	133.1	385.7	311.1	433.8	191.6
Arizona	Patients	168	157	139	119	124	118	121	137	139	122
	Deaths	22	21	13	13	11	9	9	14	9	13
	Rate	192.8	198.8	135.3	163.7	147.8	124.3	124.1	219.7	137.4	222.0
California	Patients	814	838	851	901	842	785	726	702	711	677
	Deaths	81	68	86	84	70	53	48	53	39	37
	Rate	184.9	146.5	174.7	165.7	144.1	120.8	126.9	147.3	121.7	158.3
Colorado	Patients	98	105	108	95	78	87	73	71	77	80
	Deaths	5	4	15	16	8	5	9	7	4	8
	Rate	105.8	79.9	262.1	355.4	184.5	122.0	274.4	197.4	109.7	213.6
Connecticut	Patients	81	74	66	51	55	48	63	52	43	47
	Deaths	10	15	11	9	7	7	7	7	2	4
	Rate	234.5	527.8	353.7	353.2	242.2	244.0	253.5	248.8	88.0	270.8
District of Columbia	Patients	40	25	18	27	18	24	13	19	22	25
	Deaths	7	3	2	7	2	2	-	3	5	6
	Rate	319.5	344.3	214.8	649.2	306.5	293.8	-	517.8	692.0	651.8
Delaware	Patients	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	2	5	6
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	2
	Rate	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*
Florida	Patients	324	311	375	333	376	358	339	305	302	283
	Deaths	35	25	38	17	30	21	17	24	20	15
	Rate	214.9	153.5	204.2	93.7	164.3	125.3	108.9	204.2	244.1	156.2
Georgia	Patients	179	154	142	108	120	118	130	148	149	132
	Deaths	12	6	12	7	10	12	12	15	15	8
	Rate	122.8	70.8	154.1	118.0	183.8	222.6	175.8	206.0	187.6	114.1
Hawaii	Patients	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
	Deaths	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Iowa	Patients	60	48	55	59	66	57	48	38	45	38
	Deaths	7	4	3	6	8	5	3	1	1	3
	Rate	197.4	120.0	82.9	148.1	190.4	121.2	85.6	38.6	53.2	290.1
Illinois	Patients	208	179	177	161	160	152	161	182	192	208
	Deaths	13	14	18	18	10	9	11	10	13	15
	Rate	114.7	165.4	239.0	238.7	146.6	133.0	161.3	134.3	154.9	159.1
Indiana	Patients	134	135	131	107	99	98	90	88	78	96
	Deaths	12	19	18	7	10	12	8	14	3	5
	Rate	165.3	274.8	270.1	132.4	240.2	290.7	198.0	456.0	91.5	141.3
Kansas	Patients	78	57	27	25	13	17	16	20	16	15
	Deaths	7	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
	Rate	112.1	30.1	86.2	63.8	149.1	364.6	107.6	289.1	154.8	163.9
Kentucky	Patients	158	159	141	140	127	139	143	123	107	81
	Deaths	17	19	19	15	12	14	10	6	4	3
	Rate	177.0	193.7	209.6	170.8	144.2	147.5	98.1	71.5	65.4	70.8
Louisiana	Patients	370	329	301	298	252	220	135	104	94	96
	Deaths	54	41	31	23	22	20	17	11	8	5
	Rate	218.8	170.9	144.5	119.5	119.1	123.2	192.1	157.2	135.9	137.8
Massachusetts	Patients	127	132	161	166	157	190	178	190	202	238
	Deaths	10	11	18	14	14	13	14	15	18	10
	Rate	218.3	239.9	268.9	175.0	161.6	139.2	140.6	148.7	185.8	88.1
Maryland	Patients	106	105	119	135	109	107	121	139	115	117
	Deaths	10	8	14	15	17	15	15	21	8	6
	Rate	181.9	121.9	186.1	206.4	251.2	223.8	223.5	335.8	156.4	112.3
Maine	Patients	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	Patients	169	187	173	171	163	141	120	133	139	160
	Deaths	17	16	14	17	13	17	12	5	6	14
	Rate	218.6	198.3	188.0	228.4	168.1	255.3	242.9	96.8	92.3	197.6
Minnesota	Patients	215	200	184	209	188	193	188	189	202	188
	Deaths	21	15	13	11	14	14	6	5	15	13
	Rate	171.9	132.7	124.1	97.5	138.6	140.0	62.8	51.2	147.6	123.7
Missouri	Patients	227	206	190	194	173	133	151	189	171	210
	Deaths	30	14	13	23	15	8	6	14	11	18
	Rate	262.0	127.5	124.0	234.3	197.7	130.2	97.3	203.4	161.8	214.0
Mississippi	Patients	25	20	17	16	21	18	18	18	19	21
	Deaths	4	3	1	1	1	6	2	3	3	2
	Rate	460.4	389.9	137.7	149.4	166.7	876.2	310.9	323.3	363.7	280.9
North Carolina	Patients	206	214	227	207	193	164	161	175	180	210
	Deaths	22	15	20	18	21	7	10	17	6	14
	Rate	243.6	161.3	216.5	209.6	269.5	103.9	142.9	243.0	80.1	161.3
Nebraska	Patients	39	39	33	33	28	18	18	28	27	15
	Deaths	2	6	2	5	6	4	3	4	2	1
	Rate	73.8	216.2	82.2	228.9	415.6	355.9	354.1	431.2	276.4	206.1
New Jersey	Patients	71	59	67	77	77	87	79	74	66	86
	Deaths	12	9	10	7	6	7	7	6	6	6
	Rate	598.3	430.6	491.0	288.8	229.5	249.3	267.9	323.2	411.0	302.3
New Mexico	Patients	13	8	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	273.0	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-
New York	Patients	558	499	534	555	532	530	527	445	457	476
	Deaths	55	47	51	61	45	45	40	24	32	31
	Rate	158.3	168.4	176.9	199.7	142.1	139.1	145.0	98.7	131.6	114.9
Ohio	Patients	413	411	339	303	286	267	228	205	192	197
	Deaths	49	44	29	28	27	19	19	10	8	9
	Rate	267.3	214.2	152.6	169.0	190.9	191.2	235.8	160.1	125.0	112.6
Oklahoma	Patients	144	145	128	125	109	107	104	94	79	55
	Deaths	20	14	9	11	12	14	11	7	2	2
	Rate	215.9	155.2	106.0	125.7	146.7	191.3	164.3	116.2	67.2	64.5
Oregon	Patients	42	48	50	39	30	21	28	33	24	29
	Deaths	4	-	5	5	2	-	1	2	1	1
	Rate	330.6	-	328.4	489.1	270.3	-	206.2	309.0	194.2	120.7
Pennsylvania	Patients	740	741	711	656	551	461	394	438	422	438
	Deaths	87	78	89	51	38	42	32	29	22	47
	Rate	206.9	188.1	209.6	131.6	127.8	172.8	175.8	162.0	129.6	247.2
Puerto Rico	Patients	7	18	18	16	27	25	26	22	23	13
	Deaths	-	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	5	1
	Rate	*	657.2	308.5	299.2	246.2	279.5	210.0	108.4	1,240.2	259.6
South Carolina	Patients	46	38	42	39	38	48	35	45	33	38
	Deaths	5	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	5
	Rate	342.9	286.7	272.4	241.0	136.5	126.9	98.4	156.9	103.4	482.9
Tennessee	Patients	212	214	206	195	194	189	178	161	182	182
	Deaths	19	22	14	12	12	13	12	10	10	20
	Rate	162.0	196.3	118.6	114.4	111.6	121.3	111.4	98.2	95.5	191.1
Texas	Patients	532	531	548	529	550	550	549	577	579	624
	Deaths	71	52	64	62	66	61	47	47	51	54
	Rate	261.7	190.0	227.6	221.2	230.0	210.0	151.1	147.7	166.5	181.1
Utah	Patients	87	87	97	100	91	92	94	94	85	80
	Deaths	6	2	7	4	7	6	6	6	3	3
	Rate	117.1	37.7	117.7	72.8	129.5	110.9	111.3	147.8	97.9	94.1
Virginia	Patients	273	261	260	241	232	223	196	174	176	195
	Deaths	34	38	32	15	19	26	22	9	9	22
	Rate	211.7	241.5	202.9	98.8	130.2	197.2	182.1	92.0	92.6	261.1
Washington	Patients	125	128	130	135	117	116	122	110	111	111
	Deaths	6	8	7	11	7	6	15	11	13	4
	Rate	84.2	113.1	88.1	150.5	103.8	91.7	243.1	180.8	264.8	87.5
Wisconsin	Patients	228	192	217	192	178	168	169	166	157	163
	Deaths	26	22	16	15	23	16	14	16	9	17
	Rate	227.2	222.9	156.5	142.2	247.6	185.3	176.4	197.2	119.2	216.4

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.