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Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Race		Year
Race		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	Patients	1,723	2,172	2,626	3,179	3,556	4,044	4,542	5,034	5,252	5,447
	Deaths	223	253	288	345	395	419	505	596	495	488
	Rate	280.1	236.5	206.4	199.1	192.8	175.3	178.7	181.6	141.8	133.8
White	Patients	1,604	2,013	2,401	2,887	3,225	3,663	4,092	4,496	4,670	4,797
	Deaths	199	226	264	299	349	368	434	518	431	417
	Rate	267.2	226.8	207.0	189.4	187.2	169.8	169.6	176.4	139.2	130.2
African American	Patients	101	120	172	241	279	320	375	454	491	543
	Deaths	24	24	17	38	40	43	59	61	54	55
	Rate	590.5	448.3	187.2	301.9	256.2	227.1	263.0	207.5	163.5	147.1
Asian	Patients	13	29	25	25	30	34	40	46	52	60
	Deaths	-	3	2	3	2	6	4	8	9	8
	Rate	-	210.7	127.8	188.9	116.5	292.7	171.7	279.2	240.4	213.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	3	7	23	23	22	27	35	38	39	47
	Deaths	-	-	4	2	4	2	8	9	1	8
	Rate	*	*	433.9	180.1	342.4	140.0	392.5	404.3	39.2	245.1
Unknown	Patients	2	3	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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