Table 7.3

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

Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Waiting List

Ethnicity		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	154	199	257	287	321	480	779	1,038	1,231	1,338
	Deaths	7	3	1	6	6	5	12	23	18	18
	Rate	88.8	27.6	6.8	37.8	36.3	24.2	31.0	39.7	24.5	21.1
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	3	2	5	3	5	15	33	57	69	83
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	3
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	-	57.3	69.6	-	59.4
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	130	185	242	276	312	465	746	981	1,162	1,255
	Deaths	4	2	1	6	5	5	11	21	18	15
	Rate	65.5	20.9	7.4	39.8	31.0	24.9	29.8	38.1	25.9	18.7
Unknown	Patients	21	12	10	8	4	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	190.2	90.8	-	*	*	-	-	-	-	-

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.