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Table 7.3

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

Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	468	769	1,025	1,217	1,326	1,492	1,433	1,402	1,349	1,223
	Deaths	5	10	16	18	16	26	24	30	22	21
	Rate	25.1	26.4	28.1	24.9	19.0	27.7	24.5	30.9	23.7	23.8
White	Patients	414	662	870	1,040	1,121	1,252	1,173	1,153	1,092	989
	Deaths	5	8	13	15	12	21	19	19	21	18
	Rate	28.3	25.1	27.2	24.5	16.8	26.5	23.8	23.8	27.8	25.4
African American	Patients	33	64	83	97	108	127	152	146	145	119
	Deaths	-	1	2	3	2	3	4	7	1	1
	Rate	-	28.2	38.1	49.7	29.7	37.4	38.1	70.9	10.1	10.8
Other/Multi-race	Patients	4	3	6	6	7	5	8	8	6	6
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	Patients	3	5	11	9	10	10	12	11	15	15
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	14	35	55	65	80	98	88	84	91	94
	Deaths	-	1	1	-	2	2	-	3	-	2
	Rate	-	54.2	35.6	-	42.5	35.2	-	49.2	-	29.7

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.

(-) = None in category.

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

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