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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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 455 555 600 635 710 756 779 819 819 751
Deaths 5 16 9 14 21 23 18 27 22 17
Rate 19.9 51.1 25.5 37.1 48.8 50.1 37.2 52.8 44.7 35.2
African American Patients 27 35 28 26 38 49 60 80 69 77
Deaths 2 2 1 3 3 6 3 9 4 4
Rate 122.0 111.4 70.9 237.2 186.4 290.7 100.3 232.0 114.2 116.0
Other/Multi-race Patients 1 1 3 4 4 3 6 6 7 6
Deaths - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Asian Patients 2 1 2 5 8 9 10 10 12 11
Deaths - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2
Rate * * * * * * - 157.9 - 298.8
Hispanic/Latino Patients 13 22 30 29 31 33 42 45 58 63
Deaths - 1 3 1 1 3 4 1 4 3
Rate - 84.1 183.1 55.8 57.5 172.5 171.3 44.0 141.9 95.5


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.

(-) = None in category.

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