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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

Lung Allocation Score		Year
Lung Allocation Score		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
LAS 0	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	1,915	1,820	1,680	1,013	746
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	73	107	79	45	28
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	41.2	66.4	59.7	54.5	49.4
LAS 20 - 29	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	212	161	81	65	51
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	4	8	1
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	85.4	74.1	77.4	173.1	28.1
LAS 30 - 34	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	1,508	1,501	1,327	1,260	1,364
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	38	52	39	35	43
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	38.7	65.7	57.8	53.8	61.4
LAS 35 - 39	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	501	663	681	749	849
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	35	34	43	48	38
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	131.6	143.0	163.9	164.1	116.2
LAS 40 - 49	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	271	391	531	603	640
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	35	30	48	37	44
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	336.4	281.7	340.0	197.5	251.4
LAS 50 - 59	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	61	111	143	163	194
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	30	23	29
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	597.8	578.0	1,014.1	776.2	699.4
LAS 60+	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	91	151	232	264	331
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	32	55	75	73	83
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	1,221.6	2,846.6	2,268.6	1,854.3	2,143.7
Unknown	Patients	5,138	5,370	5,396	5,544	5,645	708	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	519	532	529	489	512	158	-	-	-	-
	Rate	152.8	149.3	145.2	131.7	135.1	1,493.0	-	-	-	-

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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