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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	277	252	225	214	191	195	159	150	128	102
	Deaths	39	36	29	29	17	24	18	16	15	10
	Rate	215.3	230.4	185.5	195.8	127.7	180.1	161.3	162.4	183.8	161.8
African American	Patients	35	37	40	38	32	29	32	23	23	22
	Deaths	7	6	8	7	2	1	7	2	5	4
	Rate	303.3	249.3	327.2	265.5	85.7	48.3	350.5	127.4	395.5	295.5
Other/Multi-race	Patients	1	1	2	6	1	2	1	3	2	3
	Deaths	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	Patients	4	7	6	6	5	8	8	9	5	8
	Deaths	1	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	30	31	26	26	31	26	24	22	24	22
	Deaths	7	3	3	4	1	3	3	2	2	1
	Rate	360.3	143.8	153.1	189.2	45.3	168.6	189.0	125.1	142.9	61.4

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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