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Table 10.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2009

Intestine Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Patients 246 319 348 354 392 449 482 495 461 447
Deaths 27 44 53 47 56 58 54 50 28 27
Rate 256.5 320.7 325.1 305.3 328.7 331.8 268.9 239.9 131.2 129.9
White Patients 154 215 239 241 249 285 316 323 294 285
Deaths 13 29 32 29 36 32 33 37 16 15
Rate 199.4 335.0 286.7 283.1 340.1 291.0 252.3 274.6 118.4 112.3
African American Patients 52 59 54 51 69 84 80 88 79 81
Deaths 9 8 7 9 13 12 8 8 7 2
Rate 388.1 251.7 235.5 312.6 377.2 371.7 233.6 212.6 180.9 51.7
Other/Multi-race Patients - 1 3 5 2 5 7 7 7 3
Deaths - - 1 - - 1 1 1 - 2
Rate - * * * * * * * * *
Asian Patients 8 5 5 7 13 10 13 11 10 15
Deaths - - 2 1 1 2 1 1 - 3
Rate * * * * 231.4 380.9 156.8 194.5 - 750.4
Hispanic/Latino Patients 32 39 47 50 59 65 66 66 71 63
Deaths 5 7 11 8 6 11 11 3 5 5
Rate 385.7 442.7 582.6 419.4 242.5 422.8 413.0 104.6 152.9 158.7


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

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.