Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Blood Type Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 385 429 483 499 617 666 704 794 852 901
Deaths 4 17 9 7 18 13 19 25 32 26
Rate 18.3 71.5 35.3 25.5 51.8 33.4 45.6 52.8 63.1 47.3
O Patients 176 187 226 216 284 317 343 377 384 410
Deaths 2 8 2 2 8 7 7 15 16 16
Rate 19.3 74.5 17.3 16.5 48.6 37.0 34.3 65.7 67.0 63.3
A Patients 154 178 189 211 248 253 261 301 345 369
Deaths 1 8 5 4 9 3 12 8 10 8
Rate 11.8 81.4 48.6 36.0 67.3 21.1 78.3 45.9 50.5 35.2
B Patients 44 52 55 57 69 80 83 95 92 97
Deaths 1 - 1 - - 2 - 2 2 2
Rate 39.0 - 32.6 - - 39.0 - 34.0 34.5 34.8
AB Patients 11 12 13 15 16 16 17 21 31 25
Deaths - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 4 -
Rate - 208.2 187.5 148.4 139.8 150.9 - - 324.0 -


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.