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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

Primary Diagnosis		Year
Primary Diagnosis		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
Short Gut Syndrome	Patients	103	119	140	138	149	145	184	172	189	215
	Deaths	30	16	18	20	28	16	22	18	19	12
	Rate	604.3	307.3	277.8	284.3	423.0	251.6	296.0	226.1	256.2	124.5
Functional Bowel Problem	Patients	18	13	24	28	26	40	46	38	30	37
	Deaths	5	1	4	2	1	5	5	2	1	3
	Rate	586.3	205.4	417.8	149.0	70.6	274.2	278.6	125.0	76.9	174.8
Other	Patients	59	83	120	140	134	146	165	197	195	141
	Deaths	8	7	18	18	14	20	23	22	16	7
	Rate	353.6	197.9	373.7	301.1	264.0	320.3	383.3	281.3	174.2	95.3
Unknown	Patients	32	32	36	43	47	62	56	78	83	70
	Deaths	4	3	4	13	4	15	8	12	13	6
	Rate	285.7	215.0	257.8	623.7	181.3	548.5	326.3	408.9	412.2	205.8

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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