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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

Ethnicity/Race Year
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
White Patients 251 225 214 191 195 159 150 128 102 94
Deaths 38 29 29 17 24 18 16 15 10 12
Rate 244.1 185.5 195.9 128.2 180.1 161.3 162.5 183.8 163.5 221.1
African American Patients 36 40 38 32 29 32 23 23 22 26
Deaths 6 8 7 2 1 7 2 5 4 3
Rate 249.3 328.4 265.5 85.7 48.3 350.5 127.4 395.5 296.5 290.4
Other/Multi-race Patients 1 2 6 1 2 1 3 2 3 2
Deaths - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Asian Patients 7 6 6 5 8 8 9 5 8 4
Deaths 1 2 1 - 1 - - - - 1
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Hispanic/Latino Patients 31 26 26 31 26 24 22 24 22 23
Deaths 3 3 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 2
Rate 143.8 153.1 189.2 45.3 168.6 189.0 125.1 142.9 61.4 140.3


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.