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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 348 393 444 457 559 604 641 713 759 785
Deaths 4 14 9 5 15 9 14 21 23 19
Rate 20.3 64.9 38.9 19.7 47.2 25.1 36.7 48.5 49.8 38.8
African American Patients 26 23 26 25 35 28 25 38 50 60
Deaths - 3 - 2 2 1 3 3 6 3
Rate - 181.3 - 128.5 111.4 70.9 237.2 179.1 277.3 97.0
Hispanic/Latino Patients 7 9 8 13 21 29 29 31 31 41
Deaths - - - - 1 3 1 1 2 4
Rate * * * - 89.7 194.4 55.8 57.5 118.0 178.9
Asian Patients 2 2 2 2 1 2 5 8 9 10
Deaths - - - - - - 1 - 1 -
Rate * * * * * * * * * -
Other/Multi-race Patients 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 4 3 5
Deaths - - - - - - - - - -
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.