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Table 7.3

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

Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	468	769	1,025	1,217	1,326	1,492	1,433	1,402	1,349	1,223
	Deaths	5	10	16	18	16	26	24	30	22	21
	Rate	25.1	26.4	28.1	24.9	19.0	27.7	24.5	30.9	23.7	23.8
A	Patients	188	318	412	464	492	563	537	530	498	464
	Deaths	1	2	8	7	4	11	5	10	11	7
	Rate	12.8	12.7	36.4	26.0	13.1	32.5	13.9	27.7	33.4	22.8
AB	Patients	17	30	38	44	45	51	47	49	48	40
	Deaths	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	2	2
	Rate	-	-	45.5	43.7	-	-	34.1	-	63.6	71.4
B	Patients	56	84	112	147	162	172	144	139	138	125
	Deaths	-	1	-	1	3	3	4	5	1	2
	Rate	-	26.6	-	11.6	28.8	27.3	39.4	54.0	10.3	21.8
O	Patients	207	337	463	562	627	706	705	684	665	594
	Deaths	4	7	7	9	9	12	14	15	8	10
	Rate	42.3	41.0	26.4	26.1	22.2	25.9	28.6	30.9	17.0	21.9

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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