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Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Gender		Year
Gender		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	347	328	299	290	260	260	224	207	182	157
	Deaths	55	46	42	42	20	29	28	21	22	15
	Rate	242.6	223.7	203.5	210.0	109.1	162.7	181.5	153.5	195.3	154.8
Female	Patients	204	190	169	165	144	149	130	115	111	90
	Deaths	27	23	22	24	12	18	17	10	17	12
	Rate	196.1	189.9	188.1	216.4	114.0	175.8	190.9	128.8	265.2	219.1
Male	Patients	143	138	130	125	116	111	94	92	71	67
	Deaths	28	23	20	18	8	11	11	11	5	3
	Rate	314.5	272.2	223.7	201.9	102.3	145.0	168.6	185.8	103.0	71.3

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.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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