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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	5,806	5,602	5,460	5,187	4,784	4,482	4,189	4,103	4,033	4,052
	Deaths	619	529	545	445	397	368	338	294	249	286
	Rate	193.3	173.9	178.3	153.9	149.9	150.8	156.1	144.8	131.4	152.4
African American	Patients	1,065	979	1,010	1,030	1,030	1,003	991	1,021	1,021	1,137
	Deaths	113	104	111	112	114	97	74	87	68	97
	Rate	205.1	195.5	206.8	209.3	224.3	194.8	151.6	194.8	156.6	211.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	36	33	29	43	40	46	49	47	51	52
	Deaths	3	1	4	6	8	3	4	6	6	3
	Rate	131.3	68.2	266.7	307.8	350.2	149.1	194.3	250.5	272.8	161.7
Asian	Patients	99	112	135	145	140	148	155	147	149	142
	Deaths	11	12	11	20	14	10	16	6	8	11
	Rate	267.4	257.2	186.2	309.7	189.9	136.5	240.2	93.9	145.2	257.6
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	441	463	508	504	525	519	493	512	512	528
	Deaths	58	40	48	48	54	48	38	47	46	44
	Rate	262.7	169.7	190.9	179.8	204.7	187.7	149.7	200.2	213.6	218.9
Unknown	Patients	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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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