Table 12.3

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

Lung Diagnosis Group		Year
Lung Diagnosis Group		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
Group A: Obstructive Lung Disease	Patients	2,121	2,267	2,349	2,312	2,331	2,283	2,081	1,873	1,797	1,578
	Deaths	154	156	143	138	139	134	101	85	72	49
	Rate	109.5	103.0	91.9	88.4	89.1	85.6	72.4	71.9	69.8	55.3
Group B: Pulmonary Vascular Disease	Patients	607	654	687	665	686	681	661	572	492	333
	Deaths	78	60	80	51	63	42	36	34	36	29
	Rate	174.0	119.4	151.7	96.3	115.9	75.2	68.2	75.5	103.0	126.4
Group C: Cystic Fibrosis or Immunodef. Disorders	Patients	794	824	821	805	798	813	734	684	622	522
	Deaths	116	100	96	87	80	84	70	34	53	45
	Rate	224.8	185.7	173.1	157.6	145.9	155.3	142.6	80.3	143.1	155.4
Group D: Restrictive Lung Disease	Patients	1,097	1,180	1,331	1,436	1,570	1,729	1,691	1,582	1,670	1,606
	Deaths	200	172	191	222	194	227	183	142	148	133
	Rate	317.0	243.1	236.1	250.5	200.5	217.1	188.7	180.7	209.2	214.4
Group E: Age Less Than 12	Patients	110	114	107	103	90	94	89	80	86	74
	Deaths	20	13	12	15	3	7	6	5	8	10
	Rate	355.5	182.8	172.4	228.2	50.4	123.3	108.1	99.5	154.8	214.0
Other Diagnosis	Patients	139	102	79	78	74	50	13	7	9	6
	Deaths	31	18	10	16	10	18	2	-	-	-
	Rate	358.9	274.2	195.4	297.9	261.0	699.4	270.0	*	*	*