Table 8.3

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

Kidney-Pancreas Waiting List

Race		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
White	Patients	1,750	2,021	2,133	2,297	2,520	2,869	3,291	3,311	3,254	3,141
	Deaths	65	84	89	114	82	150	159	190	184	159
	Rate	79.6	88.2	80.4	92.3	59.1	94.2	82.9	95.1	93.5	84.3
African American	Patients	191	250	271	305	326	404	484	568	609	673
	Deaths	9	7	8	14	24	28	35	34	37	44
	Rate	97.7	55.6	55.5	82.0	125.9	126.9	123.0	94.4	93.6	104.6
Asian	Patients	15	20	24	26	23	27	39	50	46	49
	Deaths	-	2	-	1	1	-	2	6	1	3
	Rate	-	187.3	-	64.4	69.5	-	93.5	197.3	34.2	100.6
Other/Multi-race	Patients	7	6	9	10	21	36	39	40	43	46
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	2
	Rate	*	*	*	-	-	52.4	109.9	78.7	35.7	75.2
Unknown	Patients	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	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.