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Table 7.3

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

Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	315	469	770	1,026	1,218	1,324	1,490	1,432	1,400	1,345
	Deaths	5	5	10	16	18	16	26	24	30	20
	Rate	31.3	25.0	26.4	28.1	24.9	19.1	27.7	24.5	31.0	21.6
White	Patients	289	415	664	872	1,040	1,118	1,249	1,171	1,150	1,088
	Deaths	4	5	8	13	15	12	21	19	19	19
	Rate	27.3	28.2	25.0	27.1	24.5	16.9	26.6	23.9	23.9	25.2
African American	Patients	20	33	64	82	96	107	126	151	146	145
	Deaths	-	-	1	2	3	2	3	4	7	1
	Rate	-	-	28.2	38.5	50.5	30.1	37.8	38.2	70.9	10.1
Other/Multi-race	Patients	1	4	3	7	7	8	6	9	8	6
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	Patients	2	3	5	11	9	10	10	12	11	15
	Deaths	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	-	*	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	3	14	34	54	66	81	99	89	85	91
	Deaths	-	-	1	1	-	2	2	-	3	-
	Rate	*	-	54.5	36.0	-	41.7	34.6	-	48.8	-

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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