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Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	Patients	31,325	34,898	38,146	41,811	45,397	49,319	53,464	57,218	60,816	64,606
	Deaths	1,077	1,320	1,390	1,536	1,852	2,052	2,426	3,215	2,929	2,918
	Rate	55.5	59.4	56.6	56.0	60.4	60.6	65.7	80.4	68.1	62.6
O	Patients	15,936	17,617	19,238	20,918	22,845	24,966	27,184	29,030	31,053	32,961
	Deaths	571	682	704	801	939	1,072	1,292	1,635	1,546	1,471
	Rate	55.8	58.7	55.2	56.7	59.0	60.9	66.9	78.3	68.6	60.2
A	Patients	9,561	10,787	11,782	12,934	13,968	14,949	16,043	17,250	18,194	19,272
	Deaths	311	384	427	431	582	586	664	921	858	863
	Rate	57.6	61.0	60.8	54.6	66.7	61.2	64.0	81.5	70.9	66.0
B	Patients	4,875	5,465	5,960	6,696	7,249	7,959	8,641	9,185	9,751	10,404
	Deaths	168	223	217	261	285	336	399	554	452	506
	Rate	50.8	59.5	51.9	55.5	53.8	57.6	63.2	82.2	62.3	64.2
AB	Patients	953	1,029	1,166	1,263	1,335	1,445	1,596	1,753	1,818	1,969
	Deaths	27	31	42	43	46	58	71	105	73	78
	Rate	57.8	56.6	67.7	64.2	63.7	70.5	75.3	101.1	66.5	62.6

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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