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Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	53,315	57,055	60,537	64,161	68,173	71,798	76,820	82,369	88,753	94,741
	Deaths	2,528	3,318	3,128	3,370	3,730	3,855	4,038	4,141	4,452	4,452
	Rate	69.1	84.0	73.7	73.6	76.7	74.9	73.4	70.5	70.3	64.8
<1 Year	Patients	3	3	2	-	-	4	6	3	4	5
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Rate	*	*	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	126	124	127	149	150	164	181	200	223	242
	Deaths	7	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	7	6
	Rate	111.6	66.9	85.9	45.1	64.2	56.2	35.9	54.9	73.9	54.5
6-11 Years	Patients	251	233	234	284	280	278	289	311	302	315
	Deaths	2	6	8	1	3	4	7	6	-	3
	Rate	14.8	50.7	66.0	7.0	20.4	27.5	47.9	39.2	-	17.5
12-17 Years	Patients	607	628	595	654	738	786	860	882	880	816
	Deaths	5	12	5	5	17	11	6	13	8	5
	Rate	13.9	35.3	14.9	14.1	42.1	26.1	12.7	26.8	18.1	12.3
18-34 Years	Patients	9,085	9,263	9,100	9,147	9,325	9,515	9,863	9,986	10,254	10,283
	Deaths	226	258	225	214	242	230	209	219	206	178
	Rate	36.2	40.3	34.9	33.1	36.4	33.8	29.9	30.9	28.4	24.2
35-49 Years	Patients	19,230	19,677	20,242	20,676	21,233	21,899	22,760	23,933	25,235	26,575
	Deaths	774	967	831	817	827	849	853	818	895	871
	Rate	57.6	69.8	57.7	54.5	53.6	53.0	51.2	47.0	48.6	44.2
50-64 Years	Patients	18,958	21,172	23,262	25,248	27,384	29,047	31,442	34,135	37,178	39,951
	Deaths	1,131	1,464	1,458	1,646	1,815	1,837	1,920	2,048	2,148	2,143
	Rate	87.2	99.7	89.4	90.9	92.9	87.9	84.8	83.7	80.6	73.7
65+ Years	Patients	5,055	5,955	6,975	8,003	9,063	10,105	11,419	12,919	14,677	16,554
	Deaths	383	607	596	684	822	920	1,039	1,032	1,188	1,245
	Rate	112.9	150.9	124.9	120.4	128.8	129.4	129.0	113.8	115.0	104.8

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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