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Table 11.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1992 to 2001

Heart Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	Patients	5,920	6,271	6,378	6,965	7,163	7,288	7,656	7,534	7,322	7,318
	Deaths	775	763	729	771	743	783	769	719	600	623
	Rate	317.4	275.6	254.6	241.3	208.3	208.9	192.2	173.1	149.0	151.3
O	Patients	2,740	2,956	3,013	3,317	3,456	3,529	3,716	3,699	3,636	3,673
	Deaths	391	403	372	399	382	413	403	351	316	343
	Rate	306.1	281.9	247.3	236.3	203.1	207.1	190.9	158.6	142.6	149.7
A	Patients	2,343	2,392	2,412	2,604	2,642	2,697	2,836	2,774	2,655	2,591
	Deaths	287	267	255	265	244	259	260	272	215	191
	Rate	333.9	275.3	259.6	244.5	201.5	202.4	188.0	191.2	162.4	142.6
B	Patients	628	717	752	815	823	835	866	822	801	804
	Deaths	71	78	78	82	97	92	92	81	56	67
	Rate	292.2	262.3	245.9	232.8	250.2	235.9	221.4	190.2	138.8	168.3
AB	Patients	209	206	201	229	242	227	238	239	230	250
	Deaths	26	15	24	25	20	19	14	15	13	22
	Rate	419.0	211.6	404.3	357.0	228.3	227.5	153.3	162.6	152.8	245.7

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.

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 chapter 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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