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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

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		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
A	Patients	1,147	1,333	1,312	1,277	1,239	1,320	1,333	1,292	1,240	1,244
	Deaths	50	55	68	72	62	77	69	64	73	64
	Rate	85.4	76.9	90.0	102.8	89.5	107.9	95.9	90.0	102.9	91.5
AB	Patients	102	105	105	109	111	110	123	126	98	122
	Deaths	2	8	8	4	6	3	5	5	4	5
	Rate	44.3	146.1	161.6	74.0	122.9	54.8	84.0	85.7	78.6	85.3
B	Patients	437	504	543	529	519	516	488	512	479	466
	Deaths	27	26	32	28	36	38	31	38	28	21
	Rate	105.3	85.6	98.1	82.5	107.7	117.8	100.7	122.4	93.3	72.5
O	Patients	1,648	1,907	2,001	2,033	2,026	2,000	2,050	2,036	1,958	1,863
	Deaths	90	109	119	119	104	105	103	126	106	93
	Rate	98.3	95.5	95.5	92.1	83.9	84.9	81.0	98.4	88.7	79.1

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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