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Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	347	328	299	290	260	260	224	207	182	157
	Deaths	55	46	42	42	20	29	28	21	22	15
	Rate	242.6	223.7	203.5	210.0	109.1	162.7	181.5	153.5	195.3	154.8
<1 Year	Patients	1	1	3	1	-	2	2	1	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	-	-
1-5 Years	Patients	16	18	18	12	8	7	4	6	5	2
	Deaths	3	6	3	3	-	-	-	1	2	-
	Rate	429.1	765.9	231.9	335.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
6-11 Years	Patients	14	10	9	12	14	11	11	9	11	8
	Deaths	1	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	1	1
	Rate	134.5	-	*	223.0	-	113.0	-	*	135.0	*
12-17 Years	Patients	34	28	33	21	18	16	18	18	10	13
	Deaths	9	3	10	4	3	1	3	3	-	1
	Rate	413.0	169.9	544.4	362.4	242.3	83.4	246.3	258.9	-	140.5
18-34 Years	Patients	96	92	72	79	78	75	62	54	59	42
	Deaths	14	11	9	14	7	8	7	9	9	4
	Rate	216.6	186.0	160.2	252.2	131.5	151.1	174.7	246.9	249.5	163.1
35-49 Years	Patients	126	129	120	109	90	91	78	78	56	57
	Deaths	25	16	13	14	5	13	7	4	5	8
	Rate	292.8	192.5	157.6	183.0	75.4	208.4	120.0	75.8	138.4	221.2
50-64 Years	Patients	60	50	43	55	51	57	49	40	41	33
	Deaths	3	10	5	4	5	5	10	4	5	1
	Rate	74.5	304.9	158.0	105.2	138.9	133.0	306.8	147.8	212.6	50.7
65+ Years	Patients	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	2
	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.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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