Table 1.6

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

Waiting List, 1997 to 2006

Organ Type Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
All Organs Patients 76,452 84,795 93,055 100,203 106,506 111,084 113,899 119,503 124,620 130,527
Deaths   4,740 5,463 6,763 6,502 7,116 7,181 7,109 7,325 7,207 7,191
Rate   105.7 108.2 119.1 104.0 107.4 111.2 105.0 104.0 99.4 93.9
Kidney Patients 49,208 53,325 57,070 60,555 64,183 68,199 71,826 76,856 82,422 88,877
Deaths   2,184 2,529 3,319 3,125 3,373 3,731 3,857 4,038 4,137 4,456
Rate   65.2 69.1 84.0 73.6 73.6 76.7 74.9 73.4 70.3 70.1
Pancreas Transplant Alone Patients 385 429 483 499 617 666 704 794 852 901
Deaths   4 17 9 7 18 13 19 25 32 26
Rate   18.3 71.5 35.3 25.5 51.8 33.4 45.6 52.9 63.1 47.3
Pancreas After Kidney Patients 274 315 470 771 1,027 1,219 1,325 1,491 1,433 1,403
Deaths   7 5 5 10 16 18 16 26 24 30
Rate   47.3 31.3 25.0 26.3 28.1 24.8 19.0 27.7 24.5 30.8
Kidney-Pancreas Patients 2,634 2,891 3,335 3,850 3,962 3,949 3,897 3,950 3,999 3,980
Deaths   124 108 169 198 227 223 208 224 206 232
Rate   91.6 70.2 93.8 89.4 95.5 93.4 89.7 96.1 87.0 97.4
Liver Patients 14,883 17,732 20,967 23,395 25,524 26,149 25,703 26,363 26,654 26,811
Deaths   1,274 1,565 2,022 2,021 2,322 2,161 2,092 2,152 2,133 1,935
Rate   155.9 152.6 159.3 136.2 137.0 128.8 127.4 129.2 128.1 116.8
Intestine Patients 192 211 212 247 320 349 356 393 453 491
Deaths   44 48 47 27 44 52 48 56 58 56
Rate   585.7 583.2 494.0 252.8 317.5 315.7 306.4 323.7 323.8 265.5
Heart Patients 7,254 7,599 7,449 7,193 7,145 6,916 6,529 6,212 5,893 5,856
Deaths   838 864 804 686 716 631 587 526 465 430
Rate   226.8 220.4 199.1 177.2 182.6 166.7 166.5 159.4 154.3 151.5
Lung Patients 4,018 4,528 4,869 5,143 5,375 5,401 5,552 5,653 5,275 4,814
Deaths   437 519 599 519 532 529 489 511 397 284
Rate   184.5 185.3 190.5 152.7 149.1 145.0 131.5 134.6 114.9 97.2
Heart-Lung Patients 371 355 348 329 300 292 262 262 225 209
Deaths   63 43 55 46 42 42 20 29 28 20
Rate   284.3 187.3 241.9 222.8 202.2 207.7 107.7 160.6 178.7 142.7


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

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.

Patients who were waiting for multiple organs in a given year are counted in each organ section, but only once in the "All Organs" section.