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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

Gender		Year
Gender		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
Female	Patients	23,951	25,448	26,985	28,653	30,101	32,073	34,102	36,487	39,032	41,116
	Deaths	1,414	1,365	1,426	1,607	1,574	1,726	1,702	1,843	1,796	1,977
	Rate	84.0	76.0	73.3	78.0	72.0	74.0	69.0	69.8	62.5	64.4
Male	Patients	33,107	35,092	37,177	39,515	41,692	44,733	48,234	52,198	55,590	58,634
	Deaths	1,904	1,760	1,942	2,124	2,284	2,314	2,441	2,611	2,660	2,661
	Rate	84.0	71.9	73.7	75.8	77.2	73.1	71.7	70.8	66.7	62.4

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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