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Table 12.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1998 to 2007

Lung Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	4,527	4,868	5,142	5,374	5,399	5,549	5,650	5,269	4,801	4,678
	Deaths	518	599	519	532	529	489	512	397	295	317
	Rate	184.9	190.5	152.6	149.1	145.0	131.5	134.9	115.2	101.7	125.7
A	Patients	1,727	1,819	1,906	2,001	2,032	2,087	2,166	2,066	1,855	1,830
	Deaths	196	216	172	185	179	162	192	150	97	120
	Rate	185.5	185.8	137.6	139.4	133.8	117.8	132.4	112.2	87.2	122.6
AB	Patients	166	193	209	207	205	206	220	198	176	192
	Deaths	14	18	17	19	17	17	15	11	8	13
	Rate	141.5	148.3	120.3	140.3	124.0	113.3	99.4	88.0	76.3	135.6
B	Patients	490	543	578	599	565	585	579	550	488	484
	Deaths	48	62	58	63	57	49	42	45	29	30
	Rate	165.3	177.4	151.7	165.4	150.5	123.9	109.4	129.3	99.0	114.3
O	Patients	2,144	2,313	2,449	2,567	2,597	2,671	2,685	2,455	2,282	2,172
	Deaths	260	303	272	265	276	261	263	191	161	154
	Rate	191.9	200.6	167.3	153.8	153.8	145.2	145.3	116.6	115.7	130.1

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

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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