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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

Ethnicity		Year
Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	3,148	3,703	4,401	5,010	5,321	6,115	6,907	7,613	8,403	9,368
	Deaths	55	74	130	155	175	209	285	393	329	349
	Rate	27.1	30.3	46.2	45.7	46.7	48.9	58.2	72.6	54.3	50.6
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	14,939	17,446	22,864	29,370	34,817	39,303	43,680	47,463	50,781	53,932
	Deaths	29	57	205	622	1,121	1,469	1,850	2,577	2,489	2,477
	Rate	3.3	5.5	15.8	34.8	49.9	55.9	62.3	78.6	69.9	64.1
Unknown	Patients	13,238	13,749	10,881	7,431	5,259	3,901	2,877	2,142	1,632	1,306
	Deaths	993	1,189	1,055	759	556	374	291	245	111	92
	Rate	114.7	127.0	120.1	123.6	125.1	112.9	122.8	138.7	81.0	82.7

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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