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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

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		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
A	Patients	189	211	248	252	260	299	343	366	375	364
	Deaths	5	4	10	3	12	8	10	9	16	11
	Rate	48.6	36.0	75.3	21.3	79.4	46.5	51.1	40.1	73.7	53.9
AB	Patients	13	15	16	16	17	21	31	24	26	23
	Deaths	1	1	1	1	-	-	4	-	-	-
	Rate	187.5	148.4	139.8	150.9	-	-	324.0	-	-	-
B	Patients	54	56	68	79	81	94	91	98	112	114
	Deaths	1	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	7	2
	Rate	33.0	-	-	39.8	-	34.8	35.1	35.4	106.1	31.0
O	Patients	226	216	284	318	344	377	385	409	444	465
	Deaths	2	2	8	7	7	15	17	15	14	17
	Rate	17.3	16.5	48.6	37.0	34.3	65.7	71.1	59.4	48.8	59.8

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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