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Table 1.6

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

Waiting List, 2000 to 2009

Organ Type Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
All Organs Patients 100,079 106,369 110,919 113,755 119,308 124,320 130,050 135,262 139,775 144,776
Deaths   6,507 7,123 7,185 7,116 7,340 7,236 7,273 7,080 7,204 7,127
Rate   104.6 109.1 111.8 105.6 104.8 100.5 96.1 89.7 87.9 84.5
Heart-Lung Patients 326 299 290 260 260 224 207 182 157 149
Deaths   48 42 42 20 29 28 21 22 15 18
Rate   234.2 203.7 210.1 109.4 162.8 181.6 153.5 195.4 156.0 223.1
Heart Patients 7,186 7,139 6,907 6,517 6,197 5,876 5,829 5,764 5,907 6,090
Deaths   686 719 631 587 526 471 441 376 444 413
Rate   177.5 183.6 167.2 167.1 160.2 157.4 157.6 143.6 171.5 149.4
Intestine Patients 246 319 348 354 392 449 482 495 461 447
Deaths   27 44 53 47 56 58 54 50 28 27
Rate   256.7 320.8 325.2 305.4 328.9 331.9 269.0 240.0 131.3 129.9
Kidney-Pancreas Patients 3,843 3,956 3,944 3,892 3,943 3,991 3,964 3,772 3,691 3,638
Deaths   198 227 223 207 223 208 234 211 184 166
Rate   89.6 95.7 93.6 89.5 96.0 88.3 99.3 93.7 83.0 76.4
Kidney Patients 60,483 64,112 68,122 71,764 76,754 82,276 88,624 94,559 99,663 105,109
Deaths   3,131 3,369 3,734 3,864 4,040 4,149 4,455 4,453 4,647 4,686
Rate   73.9 73.6 76.9 75.2 73.6 70.7 70.5 65.0 63.6 60.7
Liver Patients 23,366 25,483 26,086 25,655 26,305 26,545 26,660 26,471 26,370 25,912
Deaths   2,018 2,328 2,162 2,094 2,165 2,142 1,990 1,829 1,787 1,723
Rate   136.3 137.9 129.9 128.7 131.4 130.3 122.4 114.4 114.3 113.1
Lung Patients 5,138 5,370 5,396 5,544 5,645 5,267 4,798 4,675 4,117 4,175
Deaths   519 532 529 489 512 399 300 318 269 266
Rate   153.0 149.4 145.3 131.8 135.2 115.9 103.5 126.4 129.9 141.1
Pancreas After Kidney Patients 769 1,023 1,219 1,326 1,491 1,432 1,401 1,348 1,220 1,135
Deaths   10 17 19 16 26 24 30 22 21 25
Rate   26.5 29.9 26.3 19.0 27.8 24.5 31.0 23.7 23.9 31.6
Pancreas Transplant Alone Patients 498 614 663 699 791 850 897 960 965 908
Deaths   7 19 13 19 25 33 26 38 30 27
Rate   25.6 55.3 33.8 46.1 53.2 65.5 47.7 65.3 53.1 48.3


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.

Patients who were waiting for multiple organs in a given year are counted in each organ section, but only once in the "All Organs"

section.