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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

Race		Year
Race		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
White	Patients	5,090	5,359	5,389	5,900	6,052	6,188	6,434	6,308	6,153	6,084
	Deaths	655	650	601	648	620	658	630	603	495	514
	Rate	311.3	274.6	246.3	238.4	204.3	206.9	187.1	171.4	145.3	148.4
African American	Patients	714	780	834	901	956	955	1,056	1,072	991	1,025
	Deaths	103	99	107	106	100	109	122	100	88	92
	Rate	341.0	280.2	298.1	255.5	210.8	216.7	219.3	178.0	161.4	164.1
Asian	Patients	64	56	70	91	76	75	84	87	98	119
	Deaths	9	4	7	7	8	9	8	9	8	8
	Rate	521.6	225.5	272.3	212.7	284.8	317.0	205.6	239.1	187.9	148.4
Other/Multi-race	Patients	38	49	59	64	75	66	78	65	78	88
	Deaths	5	3	6	9	14	7	9	7	9	9
	Rate	372.7	170.9	263.1	401.3	530.0	212.7	248.2	199.4	289.2	233.2
Unknown	Patients	14	27	26	9	4	4	4	2	2	2
	Deaths	3	7	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	592.7	555.1	523.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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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