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Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	57,058	60,540	64,162	68,168	71,793	76,806	82,336	88,685	94,622	99,750
	Deaths	3,318	3,125	3,368	3,731	3,858	4,040	4,143	4,454	4,456	4,638
	Rate	84.0	73.6	73.5	76.8	75.0	73.4	70.5	70.4	65.0	63.3
<1 Year	Patients	3	2	-	-	4	6	3	4	5	6
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	124	127	149	150	164	181	200	222	243	245
	Deaths	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	7	7	5
	Rate	66.9	85.9	45.1	64.2	56.2	35.9	54.9	73.9	63.6	36.8
6-11 Years	Patients	233	234	284	280	278	289	311	301	315	341
	Deaths	6	8	1	3	4	7	6	-	3	3
	Rate	50.7	66.0	7.0	20.4	27.5	47.9	39.2	-	17.5	17.7
12-17 Years	Patients	629	595	654	738	788	862	882	880	816	849
	Deaths	12	5	5	17	11	6	13	8	5	5
	Rate	35.3	14.9	14.1	42.1	26.1	12.7	26.8	18.1	12.3	11.3
18-34 Years	Patients	9,266	9,101	9,148	9,324	9,512	9,862	9,986	10,250	10,274	10,550
	Deaths	259	225	213	242	230	209	219	206	179	202
	Rate	40.4	34.9	33.0	36.4	33.8	29.9	30.9	28.4	24.3	26.5
35-49 Years	Patients	19,679	20,246	20,676	21,235	21,903	22,762	23,929	25,222	26,554	27,203
	Deaths	966	831	817	826	849	852	820	897	874	871
	Rate	69.7	57.7	54.5	53.5	53.0	51.2	47.1	48.8	44.4	42.5
50-64 Years	Patients	21,170	23,260	25,246	27,380	29,042	31,433	34,123	37,157	39,912	42,317
	Deaths	1,464	1,455	1,645	1,817	1,839	1,922	2,048	2,148	2,140	2,180
	Rate	99.7	89.2	90.9	93.0	88.0	84.9	83.7	80.7	73.7	69.7
65+ Years	Patients	5,954	6,975	8,005	9,061	10,102	11,411	12,902	14,649	16,503	18,239
	Deaths	607	596	684	822	921	1,040	1,032	1,188	1,247	1,372
	Rate	150.9	124.9	120.4	128.8	129.6	129.3	114.0	115.4	105.5	104.1

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.

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