Table 7.3

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

Pancreas After Kidney (PAK) Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	Patients	274	315	470	771	1,027	1,219	1,325	1,491	1,433	1,403
	Deaths	7	5	5	10	16	18	16	26	24	30
	Rate	47.3	31.3	25.0	26.3	28.0	24.8	19.0	27.7	24.4	30.8
O	Patients	116	134	209	339	465	564	628	707	706	686
	Deaths	1	3	4	7	7	9	9	12	14	15
	Rate	16.9	39.2	41.8	40.5	26.2	26.0	22.1	25.9	28.5	30.7
A	Patients	111	135	188	318	412	464	491	562	536	529
	Deaths	4	2	1	2	8	7	4	11	5	10
	Rate	65.2	33.6	12.8	12.7	36.4	26.0	13.2	32.6	13.9	27.7
B	Patients	35	33	56	84	112	147	161	171	144	139
	Deaths	2	-	-	1	-	1	3	3	4	5
	Rate	94.7	-	-	26.6	-	11.6	29.0	27.4	39.4	53.5
AB	Patients	12	13	17	30	38	44	45	51	47	49
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	45.5	43.7	-	-	34.1	-

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.