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Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	4,868	5,141	5,374	5,399	5,549	5,650	5,269	4,798	4,676	4,119
	Deaths	599	519	532	529	489	512	398	300	317	266
	Rate	190.5	152.6	149.1	145.0	131.5	135.0	115.5	103.5	125.9	128.0
White	Patients	4,153	4,362	4,522	4,500	4,607	4,703	4,363	3,961	3,854	3,360
	Deaths	488	427	425	418	374	419	297	232	253	211
	Rate	181.6	148.7	142.1	137.8	121.6	133.7	104.1	97.1	122.3	124.7
African American	Patients	442	483	539	540	553	547	504	454	421	400
	Deaths	59	54	61	71	74	48	47	34	30	24
	Rate	208.1	165.7	165.8	190.0	197.1	124.2	136.9	123.8	128.6	116.2
Other/Multi-race	Patients	17	12	13	20	22	26	31	31	29	29
	Deaths	3	-	3	2	2	3	4	3	2	3
	Rate	395.7	-	337.4	192.9	150.4	170.7	242.8	170.0	130.2	245.5
Asian	Patients	58	67	71	85	88	78	97	80	73	76
	Deaths	11	10	10	9	10	6	9	3	2	6
	Rate	301.2	214.8	222.0	158.9	146.4	97.7	147.8	54.0	42.9	147.9
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	198	217	229	251	277	296	274	272	299	254
	Deaths	38	28	33	28	29	36	41	28	30	22
	Rate	293.1	189.0	214.2	162.4	157.2	185.9	237.3	172.8	195.9	172.8
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	*	*	-	-	-	-	-

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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