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Table 10.3

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

Intestine Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	212	247	320	349	356	393	451	485	497	463
	Deaths	47	27	44	53	47	56	58	54	49	28
	Rate	495.8	254.1	318.7	322.4	302.3	326.3	328.1	265.8	232.8	129.6
A	Patients	75	80	110	134	125	136	158	175	184	167
	Deaths	20	8	15	16	19	17	20	18	19	11
	Rate	557.4	216.9	343.5	282.8	345.7	286.3	327.5	249.9	249.7	150.3
AB	Patients	8	10	10	17	14	13	24	19	20	17
	Deaths	3	1	-	2	2	1	3	3	1	-
	Rate	*	264.5	-	312.5	287.7	147.9	420.9	289.5	104.4	-
B	Patients	30	33	55	49	44	54	57	69	69	68
	Deaths	7	4	5	13	8	8	7	9	9	3
	Rate	501.8	265.2	199.6	520.9	422.6	323.3	265.3	322.6	289.4	103.8
O	Patients	99	124	145	149	173	190	212	222	224	211
	Deaths	17	14	24	22	18	30	28	24	20	14
	Rate	404.0	277.2	383.6	287.7	241.3	371.6	340.6	258.4	213.3	136.1

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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