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Table 6.3

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

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Blood Type Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Patients 498 614 663 699 791 850 897 960 965 908
Deaths 7 19 13 19 25 33 26 38 30 27
Rate 25.6 55.2 33.8 46.1 53.2 65.5 47.7 65.3 53.1 48.3
A Patients 211 246 250 258 299 343 366 376 364 330
Deaths 4 10 3 12 8 10 9 16 11 13
Rate 36.2 76.5 21.6 79.6 46.5 51.1 40.2 73.7 54.1 66.1
AB Patients 15 16 16 17 21 31 24 26 23 25
Deaths 1 1 1 - - 4 - - - 1
Rate 148.4 139.8 150.9 - - 324.2 - - - 79.5
B Patients 56 68 79 81 94 91 98 112 114 103
Deaths - - 2 - 2 2 2 8 2 3
Rate - - 39.7 - 34.8 35.1 35.5 121.2 31.0 50.8
O Patients 216 284 318 343 377 385 409 446 464 450
Deaths 2 8 7 7 15 17 15 14 17 10
Rate 16.5 48.6 37.1 34.3 65.7 71.1 59.4 48.8 59.8 34.4


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.