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Table 13.3

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Gender		Year
Gender		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	Patients	326	299	290	260	260	224	207	182	157	149
	Deaths	48	42	42	20	29	28	21	22	15	18
	Rate	234.0	203.6	210.0	109.3	162.7	181.5	153.5	195.3	155.9	223.0
Female	Patients	189	169	165	144	149	130	115	111	90	86
	Deaths	25	22	24	12	18	17	10	17	12	11
	Rate	207.3	188.3	216.5	114.5	175.8	190.9	128.8	265.2	221.6	227.4
Male	Patients	137	130	125	116	111	94	92	71	67	63
	Deaths	23	20	18	8	11	11	11	5	3	7
	Rate	272.2	223.7	202.0	102.3	145.0	168.6	185.9	103.0	71.3	216.5

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.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.