Table 13.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1997 to 2006

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 371 355 348 329 300 292 262 262 225 209
Deaths 63 43 55 46 42 42 20 29 28 20
Rate 284.2 187.3 241.5 222.6 202.1 207.6 107.6 160.5 178.6 142.7
White Patients 300 290 278 253 226 215 192 195 159 151
Deaths 52 33 39 36 29 29 17 24 18 15
Rate 286.5 174.0 214.2 229.0 184.3 194.1 126.3 178.5 159.2 148.7
African American Patients 31 32 35 37 40 39 33 30 33 24
Deaths 7 4 7 6 8 7 2 1 7 2
Rate 352.7 210.8 303.3 249.3 320.7 255.9 82.2 46.1 333.9 119.9
Hispanic/Latino Patients 33 29 30 31 26 26 31 26 24 22
Deaths 3 5 7 3 3 4 1 3 3 2
Rate 172.7 270.8 360.3 143.8 153.1 189.2 45.3 168.6 189.0 125.1
Asian Patients 5 3 4 7 6 6 5 9 8 9
Deaths - 1 1 1 2 1 - 1 - -
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Other/Multi-race Patients 2 1 1 1 2 6 1 2 1 3
Deaths 1 - 1 - - 1 - - - 1
Rate * * * * * * * * * *


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

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.