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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

Gender		Year
Gender		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
Female	Patients	2,918	3,031	3,015	3,087	3,155	2,916	2,666	2,544	2,190	2,216
	Deaths	276	292	279	265	275	230	174	175	158	148
	Rate	138.1	141.2	132.5	122.8	124.5	114.4	100.3	115.5	125.0	129.1
Male	Patients	2,220	2,339	2,381	2,457	2,490	2,351	2,132	2,131	1,927	1,959
	Deaths	243	240	250	224	237	169	126	143	111	118
	Rate	174.0	160.5	162.7	144.0	150.0	117.9	108.3	142.9	137.5	159.7

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.

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