Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Waitlist Center State		Year
Waitlist Center State		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	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	177.4	183.6	167.1	167.0	160.1	157.3	157.6	143.5	171.4	149.4
Alabama	Patients	97	105	100	96	71	80	99	97	90	77
	Deaths	9	13	10	12	9	13	5	8	13	5
	Rate	197.0	217.6	148.6	272.3	218.8	291.4	96.9	140.0	241.1	98.3
Arkansas	Patients	35	47	47	44	53	49	38	45	66	57
	Deaths	6	6	7	4	2	6	3	4	3	1
	Rate	441.4	442.0	554.1	298.9	133.1	385.7	311.1	433.8	191.6	63.8
Arizona	Patients	158	140	120	126	119	121	137	139	122	112
	Deaths	21	13	13	11	9	9	14	9	13	10
	Rate	197.0	133.9	161.6	145.2	124.3	124.1	219.7	137.4	222.0	200.6
California	Patients	838	850	900	840	785	725	702	711	677	578
	Deaths	68	86	84	70	53	48	53	39	37	40
	Rate	146.6	175.1	166.0	144.1	121.1	126.9	147.3	121.7	157.9	178.8
Colorado	Patients	104	108	95	78	87	73	71	77	80	78
	Deaths	4	15	16	8	5	9	7	4	8	9
	Rate	80.0	262.1	355.5	184.5	122.0	274.4	197.4	109.7	217.3	263.0
Connecticut	Patients	74	66	51	55	48	63	52	43	47	39
	Deaths	15	11	9	7	7	7	7	2	4	3
	Rate	527.8	353.7	353.2	242.2	244.0	253.5	248.8	88.0	270.8	248.7
District of Columbia	Patients	25	18	27	18	24	13	19	22	25	38
	Deaths	3	2	7	2	2	-	3	5	6	3
	Rate	344.3	214.8	649.2	306.5	293.8	-	517.8	692.0	651.8	179.0
Delaware	Patients	-	-	-	2	2	4	2	5	6	2
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	-
	Rate	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Florida	Patients	310	373	333	375	357	338	306	304	286	316
	Deaths	25	38	17	30	21	17	24	20	15	20
	Rate	154.5	205.4	93.9	164.6	125.5	109.1	203.5	240.5	152.9	157.2
Georgia	Patients	154	142	109	120	118	130	148	149	131	124
	Deaths	6	12	7	10	12	12	15	15	9	8
	Rate	70.8	154.1	118.0	183.8	222.6	175.8	206.0	187.6	128.7	179.7
Hawaii	Patients	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-
Iowa	Patients	48	55	60	67	57	48	38	45	38	45
	Deaths	4	3	6	8	5	3	1	1	3	1
	Rate	120.0	82.9	146.2	188.9	121.2	85.6	38.6	53.2	290.1	44.8
Illinois	Patients	179	177	161	160	152	161	183	193	208	232
	Deaths	14	18	18	10	9	11	10	13	15	12
	Rate	165.4	239.0	238.7	146.6	133.0	161.3	133.8	154.6	159.1	114.5
Indiana	Patients	135	131	107	99	98	90	88	78	96	93
	Deaths	19	18	7	10	12	8	14	3	5	4
	Rate	274.8	270.1	132.4	240.2	290.7	198.0	456.0	91.5	141.3	119.2
Kansas	Patients	57	27	25	13	17	16	20	13	10	4
	Deaths	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	-
	Rate	30.1	86.2	63.8	149.1	364.6	107.6	289.1	213.2	447.1	*
Kentucky	Patients	159	141	140	127	139	143	123	107	81	93
	Deaths	19	19	15	12	14	10	6	4	3	7
	Rate	193.7	209.6	170.8	144.2	147.5	98.1	71.5	65.4	70.8	143.9
Louisiana	Patients	329	301	298	252	220	135	104	94	96	76
	Deaths	41	31	23	22	20	17	11	8	5	-
	Rate	170.9	144.5	119.6	119.1	123.2	192.3	157.2	135.9	137.8	-
Massachusetts	Patients	133	162	167	157	190	178	190	202	240	247
	Deaths	11	18	14	14	13	14	15	18	11	18
	Rate	235.5	265.0	173.8	161.6	139.2	140.6	148.7	185.8	96.5	156.3
Maryland	Patients	105	119	135	109	107	121	139	115	118	118
	Deaths	8	14	15	17	15	15	21	8	6	9
	Rate	121.9	186.1	206.4	251.2	223.8	223.5	335.0	156.7	110.2	154.4
Maine	Patients	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	Patients	188	174	171	163	141	120	133	139	160	186
	Deaths	16	14	17	13	17	12	5	6	14	11
	Rate	198.2	187.9	228.4	168.1	255.4	242.9	96.8	92.3	197.6	127.6
Minnesota	Patients	200	184	207	186	192	187	189	201	186	188
	Deaths	15	13	11	14	14	6	5	15	13	8
	Rate	132.7	124.1	98.1	140.5	141.4	63.2	51.2	149.0	125.9	84.7
Missouri	Patients	205	189	193	173	133	151	189	173	215	211
	Deaths	14	13	23	15	8	6	14	11	18	14
	Rate	128.6	125.2	235.8	197.7	128.4	97.3	203.4	159.8	205.1	151.7
Mississippi	Patients	20	17	16	21	18	18	18	19	21	25
	Deaths	3	1	1	1	6	2	3	3	2	2
	Rate	389.9	137.7	149.4	166.7	876.2	310.9	323.3	363.7	280.9	170.5
North Carolina	Patients	214	227	207	194	165	162	177	181	212	262
	Deaths	15	20	18	21	7	10	17	6	15	17
	Rate	161.3	216.5	209.6	269.2	102.4	140.9	240.1	79.0	173.0	174.8
Nebraska	Patients	39	33	34	29	19	19	28	27	15	29
	Deaths	6	2	5	6	4	3	4	2	1	4
	Rate	216.2	82.2	227.0	388.9	326.9	330.4	431.2	276.4	206.1	444.1
New Jersey	Patients	59	68	77	77	87	79	74	67	87	97
	Deaths	9	10	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	2
	Rate	430.6	489.5	288.8	229.5	249.3	268.1	323.2	388.3	281.4	66.6
New Mexico	Patients	8	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-
New York	Patients	498	534	555	532	530	528	445	455	471	527
	Deaths	47	51	61	45	45	41	25	31	31	36
	Rate	167.9	176.7	199.7	142.1	138.7	148.6	102.9	128.1	116.3	126.1
Ohio	Patients	411	340	303	287	268	229	204	191	195	230
	Deaths	44	29	28	27	19	19	10	8	9	17
	Rate	214.2	152.5	168.7	190.4	190.5	235.2	161.3	127.0	114.4	169.7
Oklahoma	Patients	145	128	125	109	107	104	94	80	56	66
	Deaths	14	9	11	12	14	11	7	2	2	3
	Rate	155.8	106.0	125.7	146.7	191.3	164.3	116.2	65.2	62.5	89.8
Oregon	Patients	48	50	39	30	21	28	33	24	29	34
	Deaths	-	5	5	2	-	1	2	1	1	1
	Rate	-	328.4	489.1	270.3	-	206.2	309.0	194.2	120.7	103.3
Pennsylvania	Patients	738	709	655	551	461	394	437	420	439	456
	Deaths	78	89	51	38	42	32	29	22	47	35
	Rate	188.6	209.8	131.6	128.1	172.8	175.8	162.2	130.4	249.8	181.8
Puerto Rico	Patients	18	18	16	27	25	26	22	23	13	14
	Deaths	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	5	1	-
	Rate	657.2	308.5	299.2	246.2	279.5	210.0	108.3	1,240.2	259.6	-
South Carolina	Patients	38	42	39	38	48	35	45	33	38	26
	Deaths	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	5	2
	Rate	286.7	272.4	241.0	136.5	126.9	98.4	156.9	103.4	482.9	213.0
Tennessee	Patients	213	205	193	192	187	177	160	181	179	195
	Deaths	22	14	12	12	13	12	10	10	20	7
	Rate	198.0	119.6	115.9	113.7	123.6	112.4	99.1	96.4	194.5	65.3
Texas	Patients	531	548	529	550	550	549	577	580	624	660
	Deaths	52	64	62	66	61	47	47	51	54	65
	Rate	190.0	227.6	221.2	230.0	210.0	151.1	147.7	166.0	181.1	182.4
Utah	Patients	88	97	100	91	92	94	94	85	80	71
	Deaths	2	7	4	7	6	6	6	3	3	3
	Rate	37.7	117.7	72.8	129.5	110.9	111.3	147.8	97.9	94.1	81.9
Virginia	Patients	260	259	241	230	221	194	171	174	193	208
	Deaths	38	32	15	19	26	22	9	9	22	19
	Rate	244.2	204.1	99.5	131.2	200.3	185.2	93.9	94.5	267.4	191.2
Washington	Patients	128	130	135	116	116	122	110	111	110	114
	Deaths	8	7	11	7	6	15	11	13	4	4
	Rate	113.1	88.1	150.5	104.3	91.7	243.1	180.8	264.8	88.8	79.6
Wisconsin	Patients	193	217	192	178	168	169	166	157	163	162
	Deaths	22	16	15	23	16	14	16	9	17	13
	Rate	222.8	156.5	142.2	247.6	185.3	176.4	197.3	119.2	216.4	174.6

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.