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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	3,901	4,153	4,362	4,520	4,499	4,609	4,706	4,365	3,962	3,858
	Deaths	418	488	427	425	418	374	420	297	228	253
	Rate	172.5	181.6	148.7	142.1	137.8	121.6	133.9	104.1	95.4	122.1
African American	Patients	376	442	484	540	540	552	546	504	457	421
	Deaths	59	59	54	61	71	74	48	47	34	30
	Rate	263.2	208.1	165.4	165.7	190.0	197.3	124.3	136.8	123.2	128.1
Other/Multi-race	Patients	21	17	12	13	20	22	26	30	29	29
	Deaths	5	3	-	3	2	2	3	4	3	2
	Rate	398.6	395.7	-	337.4	192.9	150.4	170.7	242.8	173.3	128.7
Asian	Patients	48	58	67	71	85	88	78	97	80	73
	Deaths	6	11	10	10	9	10	5	8	3	2
	Rate	217.8	301.2	214.8	222.0	158.9	146.4	81.4	131.4	54.3	42.9
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	181	198	217	230	252	276	294	273	273	297
	Deaths	30	38	28	33	28	29	36	41	27	30
	Rate	265.3	294.2	188.5	212.8	162.0	157.3	186.8	237.3	166.2	196.5
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	*	*	-	-	-	-

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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