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Table 5.3

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

Kidney Waiting List

Age This Year Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Patients 60,483 64,112 68,122 71,764 76,754 82,276 88,624 94,559 99,663 105,109
Deaths 3,131 3,369 3,734 3,864 4,040 4,149 4,455 4,453 4,647 4,686
Rate 73.9 73.6 76.9 75.2 73.5 70.7 70.5 65.0 63.5 60.7
<1 Year Patients 2 - - 4 6 3 4 5 6 6
Deaths - - - - 1 - - 1 - -
Rate * - - * * * * * * *
1-5 Years Patients 127 149 150 164 181 200 222 243 245 263
Deaths 5 3 4 4 3 5 7 7 5 4
Rate 85.9 45.1 64.2 56.2 35.9 54.9 73.9 63.8 36.8 33.2
6-11 Years Patients 234 284 280 278 289 311 301 315 340 337
Deaths 8 1 3 4 7 6 - 3 3 1
Rate 66.0 7.0 20.4 27.5 47.9 39.2 - 17.5 17.8 5.8
12-17 Years Patients 595 652 737 788 862 882 880 815 848 822
Deaths 5 5 18 11 6 13 8 5 5 6
Rate 14.9 14.1 44.7 26.1 12.7 26.8 18.2 12.3 11.3 14.0
18-34 Years Patients 9,097 9,142 9,319 9,512 9,862 9,983 10,247 10,272 10,547 10,826
Deaths 226 212 241 231 209 219 207 179 201 195
Rate 35.0 32.8 36.3 34.0 29.9 30.9 28.5 24.3 26.4 25.0
35-49 Years Patients 20,236 20,663 21,224 21,895 22,745 23,913 25,201 26,545 27,183 28,041
Deaths 833 817 824 849 851 822 896 873 874 907
Rate 57.9 54.5 53.4 53.0 51.2 47.3 48.7 44.4 42.7 43.1
50-64 Years Patients 23,228 25,223 27,360 29,026 31,412 34,099 37,142 39,882 42,278 44,917
Deaths 1,458 1,647 1,820 1,843 1,923 2,052 2,150 2,141 2,183 2,232
Rate 89.5 91.1 93.3 88.3 85.0 83.9 80.8 73.8 70.0 67.2
65+ Years Patients 6,964 7,999 9,052 10,097 11,397 12,885 14,627 16,482 18,216 19,897
Deaths 596 684 824 922 1,040 1,032 1,187 1,244 1,376 1,341
Rate 125.1 120.5 129.3 129.8 129.5 114.1 115.5 105.4 104.8 92.9


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.