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Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	3,334	3,849	3,961	3,948	3,895	3,946	3,994	3,966	3,775	3,695
	Deaths	169	198	227	223	208	223	208	233	211	183
	Rate	93.8	89.4	95.5	93.5	89.8	95.8	88.2	98.7	93.6	82.3
White	Patients	2,697	3,064	3,034	2,938	2,806	2,809	2,814	2,773	2,584	2,482
	Deaths	134	148	175	167	143	151	142	165	146	132
	Rate	91.3	84.0	97.0	95.5	86.6	93.4	86.9	101.7	95.7	90.1
African American	Patients	403	485	569	610	669	675	677	677	637	653
	Deaths	27	34	34	37	44	50	42	43	43	23
	Rate	123.7	120.5	94.8	94.2	106.8	115.0	99.8	107.7	110.7	55.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	21	23	20	21	29	27	31	42	44	45
	Deaths	-	2	2	-	2	4	1	2	3	4
	Rate	-	137.9	193.5	-	110.0	236.9	52.3	75.8	107.1	123.7
Asian	Patients	32	46	60	58	56	68	72	69	75	78
	Deaths	-	3	6	2	3	2	6	2	3	3
	Rate	-	113.8	158.2	54.6	95.2	49.6	129.7	42.3	61.0	62.8
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	181	231	278	321	335	367	400	405	435	437
	Deaths	8	11	10	17	16	16	17	21	16	21
	Rate	91.4	84.3	60.3	88.0	78.7	73.5	71.4	79.5	60.6	79.0

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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