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Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	3,334	3,849	3,961	3,948	3,895	3,946	3,994	3,966	3,775	3,695
	Deaths	169	198	227	223	208	223	208	233	211	183
	Rate	93.8	89.4	95.5	93.5	89.8	95.8	88.2	98.7	93.6	82.3
<1 Year	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	5	3	2	1	-	1	1	7	4	2
	Deaths	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*
6-11 Years	Patients	1	-	-	1	3	-	2	-	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	-	*	*	-	*	-	*	*
12-17 Years	Patients	3	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	3	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-34 Years	Patients	810	882	897	867	825	751	737	681	662	666
	Deaths	39	31	34	32	37	31	36	33	30	26
	Rate	95.4	63.8	65.8	63.2	81.4	74.0	90.1	86.9	79.8	70.9
35-49 Years	Patients	2,093	2,348	2,365	2,359	2,320	2,365	2,393	2,297	2,161	2,137
	Deaths	103	123	136	132	124	129	127	132	113	107
	Rate	89.5	89.0	94.9	91.7	88.3	91.8	90.0	95.8	86.8	81.8
50-64 Years	Patients	417	606	687	705	732	813	842	957	934	878
	Deaths	25	40	57	56	45	60	44	63	67	50
	Rate	105.2	118.2	136.0	129.7	100.0	121.5	82.2	106.9	117.5	92.5
65+ Years	Patients	5	9	9	13	14	15	15	20	9	9
	Deaths	1	2	-	2	1	3	-	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	254.1	164.9	297.8	-	99.3	*	*

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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