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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	26,662	27,493	28,433	29,611	30,417	32,066	34,360	36,891	38,925	40,618
	Deaths	1,700	1,562	1,634	1,740	1,790	1,819	1,836	2,039	2,030	2,090
	Rate	98.7	86.7	85.8	88.1	88.2	85.2	80.7	83.1	76.8	74.5
African American	Patients	19,300	20,740	22,121	23,434	24,604	26,135	27,716	29,660	31,693	33,371
	Deaths	1,049	1,062	1,131	1,276	1,286	1,401	1,407	1,468	1,451	1,542
	Rate	72.8	68.1	67.3	71.5	68.2	70.2	67.0	65.6	60.1	59.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	718	759	826	938	994	1,140	1,222	1,301	1,339	1,404
	Deaths	38	34	50	47	58	51	56	59	63	63
	Rate	74.3	62.0	83.6	69.6	79.5	63.3	62.2	63.1	63.8	59.9
Asian	Patients	3,272	3,637	3,984	4,370	4,802	5,281	5,747	6,118	6,626	7,014
	Deaths	149	129	158	178	201	198	220	244	256	249
	Rate	62.5	48.5	53.0	54.2	55.2	50.0	51.0	53.2	51.0	46.1
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	7,106	7,911	8,798	9,814	10,976	12,184	13,291	14,715	16,039	17,343
	Deaths	382	338	395	490	523	571	624	644	656	694
	Rate	76.8	60.0	61.9	69.7	66.0	63.9	63.7	59.5	54.5	53.3
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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