Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Race		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	6,365	6,944	7,137	7,260	7,608	7,466	7,220	7,178	6,955	6,587
	Deaths	780	828	797	843	853	806	691	718	629	582
	Rate	273.9	261.0	225.3	227.2	216.4	197.9	176.7	180.9	163.5	161.7
White	Patients	5,378	5,881	6,024	6,159	6,387	6,244	6,059	5,957	5,680	5,310
	Deaths	650	694	662	713	700	678	568	593	486	446
	Rate	268.0	257.3	220.2	226.8	211.3	197.0	172.1	178.0	152.1	151.0
African American	Patients	833	900	959	956	1,055	1,069	986	1,017	1,039	1,041
	Deaths	108	116	111	113	134	112	104	109	114	112
	Rate	301.0	279.7	233.6	224.3	242.0	201.1	193.6	199.6	208.4	213.4
Asian	Patients	69	90	77	77	85	87	97	115	126	127
	Deaths	7	7	8	9	8	9	10	7	20	12
	Rate	283.2	215.4	283.2	310.7	205.8	239.1	238.2	133.9	343.4	171.2
Other/Multi-race	Patients	60	65	74	65	78	65	77	88	109	108
	Deaths	6	10	15	8	11	7	9	9	9	12
	Rate	252.1	437.5	571.4	245.8	303.4	199.4	293.8	233.2	199.8	243.7
Unknown	Patients	25	8	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1
	Deaths	9	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	629.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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.