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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	443	456	558	603	638	709	755	778	817	819
	Deaths	9	5	16	9	14	21	23	18	27	22
	Rate	39.0	19.8	50.7	25.3	37.1	48.8	50.2	37.2	52.9	44.7
African American	Patients	26	25	35	28	26	39	50	61	81	70
	Deaths	-	2	2	1	3	3	6	3	9	4
	Rate	-	128.5	111.4	70.9	237.2	179.1	277.3	97.0	226.2	111.9
Other/Multi-race	Patients	3	2	1	3	4	4	3	6	6	7
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	Patients	2	2	1	2	5	8	9	10	9	12
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	*	-
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	8	13	21	29	29	31	33	42	44	58
	Deaths	-	-	1	3	1	1	3	4	1	4
	Rate	*	-	89.7	194.4	55.8	57.5	172.5	171.3	44.0	141.9

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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