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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	4,362	4,520	4,499	4,606	4,702	4,362	3,962	3,853	3,360	3,413
	Deaths	427	425	418	374	419	298	232	254	214	209
	Rate	148.7	142.2	137.8	121.7	133.7	104.5	97.1	122.9	126.9	136.0
African American	Patients	483	538	539	551	545	504	454	420	399	407
	Deaths	54	61	71	74	48	47	34	30	24	27
	Rate	166.6	166.3	191.0	198.2	124.6	137.1	123.8	128.7	116.8	142.5
Other/Multi-race	Patients	12	13	20	22	25	30	30	29	28	17
	Deaths	-	3	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	-
	Rate	-	337.4	192.9	150.4	180.8	258.3	171.2	127.2	240.2	-
Asian	Patients	66	71	85	88	78	97	80	74	76	77
	Deaths	10	10	9	10	6	9	3	2	6	9
	Rate	218.0	222.0	158.9	146.4	97.7	147.8	54.0	42.8	147.9	263.9
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	215	228	250	275	295	274	272	299	254	261
	Deaths	28	33	28	29	36	41	28	30	22	21
	Rate	191.6	215.6	164.0	158.5	187.2	238.1	172.8	195.9	174.5	186.7
Unknown	Patients	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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