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Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	482	498	616	665	702	791	850	897	957	966
	Deaths	9	7	19	13	19	25	33	26	37	30
	Rate	35.4	25.6	54.9	33.6	46.0	53.2	65.5	47.6	63.5	53.0
<1 Year	Patients	1	3	4	8	4	6	17	25	26	17
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	2	2
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	1,049.6	-	364.9	868.6
1-5 Years	Patients	5	5	22	20	30	33	49	79	105	111
	Deaths	-	-	4	3	4	2	15	15	13	11
	Rate	*	*	844.9	584.3	705.9	298.5	1,017.9	512.8	288.3	250.5
6-11 Years	Patients	3	5	2	5	3	3	5	8	10	12
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-
12-17 Years	Patients	6	7	10	8	8	8	5	11	12	8
	Deaths	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	154.3	*	*	*	*	212.2	-	*
18-34 Years	Patients	135	135	150	137	136	170	191	173	172	180
	Deaths	4	3	1	3	5	6	6	1	7	6
	Rate	59.7	42.4	12.0	39.7	67.6	60.5	55.5	9.8	71.3	58.3
35-49 Years	Patients	277	264	341	380	404	424	417	415	412	397
	Deaths	2	4	6	3	6	10	3	8	8	6
	Rate	13.4	26.2	30.1	12.5	23.4	37.2	11.0	29.5	28.8	24.0
50-64 Years	Patients	55	79	85	103	112	142	162	180	212	232
	Deaths	2	-	5	4	4	5	5	1	7	5
	Rate	68.8	-	99.9	71.2	59.2	59.0	50.2	7.9	48.9	33.5
65+ Years	Patients	-	-	2	4	5	5	4	6	8	9
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	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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