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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

Ethnicity Year
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
Hispanic/Latino Patients 224 248 285 372 382 433 474 476 500 550
Deaths 19 19 16 40 38 54 49 48 36 45
Rate 268.9 203.4 146.9 265.2 209.0 257.6 207.7 193.5 133.8 157.6
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino Patients 2,567 2,910 4,077 5,520 6,043 6,284 6,710 6,657 6,538 6,499
Deaths 36 48 335 602 644 691 698 649 557 569
Rate 35.9 42.3 241.5 278.9 232.2 228.1 208.5 182.2 159.0 157.9
Unknown Patients 3,129 3,113 2,016 1,073 738 571 472 401 284 269
Deaths 720 696 378 129 61 38 22 22 7 9
Rate 526.2 451.9 276.5 145.7 99.7 74.7 52.9 64.2 27.4 39.3

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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