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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

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		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
A	Patients	122	113	106	104	90	85	79	79	74	63
	Deaths	20	19	10	12	8	10	7	7	5	7
	Rate	256.4	285.5	133.8	165.9	129.1	173.4	132.9	135.9	111.2	179.7
AB	Patients	16	15	14	11	10	7	4	8	2	3
	Deaths	2	1	5	2	2	-	-	2	-	-
	Rate	211.6	94.4	759.8	371.9	418.3	*	*	*	*	*
B	Patients	32	28	25	31	28	31	20	17	16	15
	Deaths	7	4	4	7	1	4	3	-	5	2
	Rate	371.1	228.5	302.0	389.9	47.9	211.8	190.8	-	662.6	303.0
O	Patients	177	172	154	144	132	137	121	103	90	76
	Deaths	26	22	23	21	9	15	18	12	12	6
	Rate	216.0	198.2	205.7	201.2	94.0	153.5	214.9	169.1	202.9	120.1

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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