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Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	7,448	7,190	7,143	6,910	6,520	6,199	5,878	5,831	5,767	5,912
	Deaths	804	686	719	631	587	526	470	440	377	441
	Rate	199.1	177.2	183.4	167.0	166.9	160.0	156.9	157.1	143.8	169.8
A	Patients	2,753	2,611	2,531	2,501	2,275	2,133	2,003	1,997	1,985	2,023
	Deaths	308	246	216	207	177	169	129	136	107	141
	Rate	222.1	194.0	170.1	168.7	156.7	164.7	142.7	163.2	134.0	173.7
AB	Patients	236	224	239	181	177	180	170	183	182	171
	Deaths	17	16	24	20	17	19	8	16	15	7
	Rate	193.7	204.7	295.8	325.4	280.9	328.4	158.3	303.7	335.4	177.9
B	Patients	809	785	782	761	742	697	667	669	680	691
	Deaths	87	62	79	79	64	53	45	47	42	48
	Rate	211.1	160.6	210.6	212.4	187.4	157.5	154.8	168.0	159.5	190.1
O	Patients	3,650	3,570	3,591	3,467	3,326	3,189	3,038	2,982	2,920	3,027
	Deaths	392	362	400	325	329	285	288	241	213	245
	Rate	182.1	169.2	182.3	153.4	165.7	152.6	164.5	147.4	140.5	164.0

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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