Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	1,964	2,297	2,437	2,638	2,890	3,336	3,853	3,969	3,953	3,910
	Deaths	74	93	97	129	107	179	199	232	223	208
	Rate	80.5	85.1	76.4	90.3	66.7	96.9	88.4	96.1	92.1	87.9
1-5 Years	Patients	1	1	2	3	2	5	5	4	1	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-
6-10 Years	Patients	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	2
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	-	*	-	*	-	*	*	*
11-17 Years	Patients	2	2	-	2	5	4	1	1	2	3
	Deaths	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Rate	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-34 Years	Patients	670	731	753	799	764	812	884	901	870	826
	Deaths	21	22	29	34	25	42	30	35	31	38
	Rate	71.7	66.4	77.2	83.7	60.7	99.7	60.6	66.5	60.5	82.4
35-49 Years	Patients	1,164	1,410	1,502	1,607	1,815	2,090	2,348	2,367	2,361	2,330
	Deaths	45	64	62	82	71	107	125	138	132	123
	Rate	80.3	93.1	78.6	91.4	69.1	90.8	88.9	94.7	90.2	85.5
50-64 Years	Patients	125	152	180	224	299	419	606	686	704	733
	Deaths	7	7	6	13	10	28	41	58	57	45
	Rate	106.2	94.7	58.0	107.0	63.2	115.9	119.9	137.1	130.8	98.3
65+ Years	Patients	1	1	-	2	5	5	9	9	14	16
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	2	1
	Rate	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	225.7	132.8

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.