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

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	107	129	147	169	185	221	212	276	308	345
	Deaths	2	2	3	2	6	6	2	9	7	7
	Rate	29.5	24.8	35.0	19.6	56.3	52.6	16.8	55.0	37.5	34.6
A	Patients	97	104	123	153	176	184	206	241	246	260
	Deaths	3	1	1	4	6	6	3	9	3	12
	Rate	52.7	15.3	14.4	48.2	62.0	58.9	27.2	67.9	21.3	80.4
B	Patients	35	33	41	42	52	55	58	70	83	88
	Deaths	2	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	3	-
	Rate	102.0	-	41.7	77.8	-	32.2	-	-	54.9	-
AB	Patients	7	7	10	11	12	14	16	15	15	17
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	208.5	162.1	141.5	139.8	152.5	-

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.