Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Waitlist Center State		Year
Waitlist Center State		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
Alabama	Patients	81	99	94	93	91	81	79	79	82	73
	Deaths	7	7	14	12	12	9	10	9	8	7
	Rate	156.5	160.4	299.8	233.4	286.3	212.7	240.4	207.8	193.5	173.0
Arkansas	Patients	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-
Arizona	Patients	16	16	17	16	14	15	17	37	54	66
	Deaths	4	-	1	1	1	-	1	3	4	5
	Rate	367.3	-	161.1	203.4	161.7	-	111.2	284.4	243.2	204.4
California	Patients	475	513	568	567	570	607	598	563	558	435
	Deaths	63	61	62	64	53	44	36	29	42	30
	Rate	206.8	176.1	166.1	169.7	142.2	116.4	98.5	90.4	162.5	162.9
Colorado	Patients	127	167	191	174	176	203	199	176	175	156
	Deaths	13	13	23	9	10	13	18	10	14	12
	Rate	144.7	117.1	189.9	75.3	83.5	93.6	122.2	76.7	106.7	103.6
Connecticut	Patients	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
District of Columbia	Patients	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida	Patients	155	173	227	269	302	335	324	282	282	299
	Deaths	19	22	25	38	25	40	30	16	14	21
	Rate	192.1	189.6	188.9	230.0	135.3	192.9	169.9	131.4	111.1	159.2
Georgia	Patients	34	48	54	54	61	62	54	56	49	44
	Deaths	5	9	7	6	6	8	2	6	4	1
	Rate	252.4	345.0	262.8	182.3	198.5	309.8	82.4	286.4	326.9	94.3
Iowa	Patients	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	17
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Rate	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	174.7
Illinois	Patients	175	134	110	112	133	148	125	118	131	137
	Deaths	27	11	12	7	12	13	12	10	15	9
	Rate	234.9	128.3	191.4	100.0	155.0	145.0	153.7	147.1	244.4	162.3
Indiana	Patients	112	129	149	163	199	201	158	105	90	103
	Deaths	14	13	14	13	23	19	6	3	4	2
	Rate	188.9	179.8	149.9	118.7	187.2	139.6	63.4	67.3	84.6	37.3
Kansas	Patients	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	Patients	74	64	63	57	56	62	76	76	74	75
	Deaths	10	5	11	6	10	6	12	3	5	5
	Rate	383.3	169.4	315.0	170.2	342.5	181.4	322.5	79.3	102.7	147.1
Louisiana	Patients	31	33	22	28	33	18	14	5	1	-
	Deaths	4	2	1	-	3	3	1	-	-	-
	Rate	553.1	211.1	267.1	-	288.6	417.5	178.5	*	*	-
Massachusetts	Patients	227	236	253	284	287	290	252	225	217	225
	Deaths	21	24	14	43	31	24	21	18	13	17
	Rate	130.9	138.1	75.2	201.1	142.3	107.7	98.8	98.4	76.6	98.8
Maryland	Patients	166	166	164	166	182	191	205	148	136	131
	Deaths	24	24	20	16	17	17	17	10	10	10
	Rate	251.7	216.9	164.9	129.4	129.6	111.7	120.0	95.9	113.0	130.1
Michigan	Patients	190	179	156	139	128	133	117	112	107	111
	Deaths	25	15	7	17	14	9	10	8	4	8
	Rate	192.0	123.7	66.9	206.5	167.2	102.3	144.8	147.8	82.8	147.2
Minnesota	Patients	212	232	237	250	266	254	246	214	199	176
	Deaths	24	22	16	21	12	24	17	7	12	8
	Rate	181.2	142.6	92.8	120.4	62.9	120.5	94.7	49.9	103.6	72.9
Missouri	Patients	587	637	644	616	603	613	584	530	459	214
	Deaths	67	66	65	62	48	37	37	41	32	18
	Rate	160.1	139.3	133.2	126.9	103.1	75.7	77.6	92.2	112.9	146.3
North Carolina	Patients	383	381	396	347	330	312	252	208	161	164
	Deaths	44	28	37	23	20	29	14	10	9	5
	Rate	167.5	105.9	134.8	90.7	88.4	146.2	90.3	87.8	110.3	70.1
Nebraska	Patients	21	19	18	16	4	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	1	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	54.8	-	190.1	204.9	*	-	-	-	-	-
New Jersey	Patients	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	7
	Deaths	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
New York	Patients	263	272	267	298	318	360	359	284	270	243
	Deaths	38	36	33	31	27	37	17	15	11	10
	Rate	195.8	184.3	167.2	148.1	112.7	141.0	70.7	79.9	59.2	59.9
Ohio	Patients	129	153	127	124	116	134	123	154	190	169
	Deaths	7	18	9	8	6	10	6	10	12	8
	Rate	102.5	261.6	162.8	171.4	130.7	205.3	146.7	225.2	163.4	96.2
Oklahoma	Patients	39	48	44	47	46	53	37	26	32	23
	Deaths	8	6	5	1	3	7	3	-	-	2
	Rate	281.9	212.7	156.6	31.9	107.7	260.0	172.9	-	-	290.8
Oregon	Patients	7	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania	Patients	679	720	768	773	765	728	662	616	625	491
	Deaths	81	66	72	78	70	68	62	43	46	31
	Rate	169.7	124.5	128.5	140.0	123.5	127.8	128.8	107.4	139.2	182.4
South Carolina	Patients	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	Patients	55	52	47	47	56	63	55	56	50	48
	Deaths	9	5	6	5	5	7	5	2	8	4
	Rate	335.2	209.1	231.6	203.9	161.8	257.0	199.6	81.3	301.7	161.9
Texas	Patients	234	264	297	294	309	303	302	303	319	343
	Deaths	30	33	25	29	41	28	31	25	23	25
	Rate	225.9	201.8	142.7	159.1	214.5	156.7	184.2	155.1	139.3	152.1
Utah	Patients	24	18	18	14	17	16	10	15	17	9
	Deaths	3	1	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	-
	Rate	501.7	186.7	491.8	434.4	223.4	199.7	1,082.2	700.4	530.5	*
Virginia	Patients	185	209	230	244	251	245	180	170	147	134
	Deaths	26	16	23	19	19	37	10	10	10	11
	Rate	239.0	132.6	159.8	116.4	107.3	214.8	76.6	105.1	137.8	150.7
Washington	Patients	62	56	65	70	75	71	85	97	105	111
	Deaths	7	5	2	5	4	8	10	5	6	8
	Rate	274.8	192.4	79.3	170.3	156.2	335.4	359.7	156.0	155.1	152.4
Wisconsin	Patients	112	107	133	133	158	149	153	140	133	115
	Deaths	13	10	19	12	15	14	8	5	9	8
	Rate	246.6	158.7	261.1	145.6	160.0	139.3	83.7	54.7	114.4	117.1

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.