Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	246	273	321	375	425	474	492	602	652	710
	Deaths	7	3	5	8	13	14	6	19	14	19
	Rate	47.2	17.4	27.1	37.1	55.2	55.3	22.0	54.7	36.0	45.8
<1 Year	Patients	-	-	1	1	-	1	3	4	5	2
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Rate	-	-	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	7	4	4	9	11	4	4	19	20	34
	Deaths	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	4	3	4
	Rate	*	*	*	*	1,024.5	*	*	844.4	584.3	705.9
6-10 Years	Patients	1	4	5	6	5	4	3	2	3	6
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
11-17 Years	Patients	7	6	5	5	7	6	9	11	9	9
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	133.9	*	*
18-34 Years	Patients	99	102	114	121	116	135	136	149	138	140
	Deaths	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1	3	5
	Rate	17.4	15.2	16.5	31.2	45.2	59.4	41.6	11.7	39.2	65.7
35-49 Years	Patients	113	133	163	187	243	271	260	331	373	399
	Deaths	5	1	2	3	7	6	3	7	4	7
	Rate	73.4	12.5	21.0	25.6	51.7	40.8	20.1	35.5	16.7	27.4
50-64 Years	Patients	17	23	27	44	42	53	77	84	100	115
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	4	4	3
	Rate	-	-	51.6	-	39.7	101.7	-	79.3	69.7	44.4
65+ Years	Patients	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	2	4	5
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
	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.