Table 10.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2003

Intestine Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	121	153	162	199	219	225	265	338	359	367
	Deaths	14	21	23	44	51	46	27	47	54	50
	Rate	255.6	277.2	299.3	521.7	560.7	428.7	220.1	300.4	308.7	294.9
<1 Year	Patients	8	7	7	19	26	15	36	34	37	35
	Deaths	1	2	-	5	4	2	2	8	6	5
	Rate	*	*	*	1,061.8	633.6	533.2	247.8	1,115.7	630.5	635.0
1-5 Years	Patients	66	74	78	92	98	109	116	154	148	162
	Deaths	12	14	17	30	28	25	17	31	31	25
	Rate	469.5	387.7	481.4	755.8	688.7	470.5	285.9	384.1	386.4	327.3
6-10 Years	Patients	12	25	23	24	19	25	29	29	36	31
	Deaths	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	-	2
	Rate	-	154.2	154.8	80.4	70.8	58.7	58.9	108.1	-	88.3
11-17 Years	Patients	10	11	13	14	16	7	15	23	32	28
	Deaths	-	-	-	2	3	1	1	-	4	2
	Rate	-	-	-	243.4	547.9	*	95.9	-	205.3	106.1
18-34 Years	Patients	12	16	20	21	20	28	24	28	41	40
	Deaths	1	1	-	4	2	7	2	1	6	7
	Rate	157.4	118.9	-	526.2	197.5	620.4	165.3	87.8	451.0	476.6
35-49 Years	Patients	9	11	15	21	28	28	24	37	43	47
	Deaths	-	-	3	1	9	6	2	2	3	5
	Rate	*	-	445.6	131.1	866.1	553.0	263.3	152.6	140.1	275.6
50-64 Years	Patients	4	9	6	8	12	13	19	31	21	21
	Deaths	-	2	1	1	4	4	2	3	4	4
	Rate	*	*	*	*	1,031.9	636.1	260.7	303.8	538.4	405.7
65+ Years	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	3
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

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 for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.