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Table 12.3

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

Lung Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	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	152.8	149.3	145.2	131.7	135.1	115.9	103.5	126.4	129.9	141.1
A	Patients	1,905	2,001	2,032	2,088	2,167	2,067	1,854	1,828	1,618	1,641
	Deaths	172	185	179	162	192	151	99	120	97	85
	Rate	137.6	139.4	133.8	117.8	132.4	113.1	89.2	122.9	119.2	119.9
AB	Patients	207	206	204	205	219	197	176	192	149	141
	Deaths	17	19	17	17	15	11	8	13	11	12
	Rate	121.1	141.4	124.9	114.1	100.0	88.3	76.3	135.6	151.3	197.3
B	Patients	578	598	565	585	578	549	487	484	452	473
	Deaths	58	63	57	49	43	45	29	30	35	37
	Rate	152.0	165.6	150.6	123.9	112.2	129.7	99.4	114.7	165.1	172.2
O	Patients	2,448	2,565	2,595	2,666	2,681	2,454	2,281	2,171	1,898	1,920
	Deaths	272	265	276	261	262	192	164	155	126	132
	Rate	167.5	153.9	154.1	145.5	145.0	117.3	117.9	131.1	129.5	146.5

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.

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