Table 1.7
Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk
Waiting List, 1992 to 2001

Organ Type Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
All Organs Patients 45,224 51,013 56,195 63,190 69,708 76,712 85,102 93,466 100,853 107,450
  Deaths 2,634 2,972 3,115 3,490 4,001 4,464 5,126 6,376 5,940 6,190
  Rate 106.7 103.2 96.0 93.7 92.7 91.5 93.1 103.3 87.4 83.3
Kidney Patients 31,325 34,898 38,146 41,811 45,397 49,319 53,464 57,218 60,816 64,606
  Deaths 1,077 1,320 1,390 1,536 1,852 2,052 2,426 3,215 2,929 2,918
  Rate 52.5 56.3 54.0 53.4 57.4 57.7 62.4 76.3 64.3 59.2
PTA Patients 596 203 246 274 323 375 427 480 499 614
  Deaths 33 1 7 3 3 7 10 15 6 15
  Rate 179.3 9.3 46.8 17.0 15.9 31.8 41.3 57.8 21.4 41.6
PAK Patients 116 132 153 198 255 287 319 477 778 1,037
  Deaths 2 2 6 1 1 6 4 4 9 21
  Rate 41.7 30.1 75.8 9.1 6.8 37.6 23.7 19.1 22.9 35.9
KP Patients 929 1,707 1,983 2,300 2,445 2,649 2,896 3,352 3,862 3,991
  Deaths 15 61 71 86 91 125 98 170 193 217
  Rate 29.1 74.4 75.0 77.1 70.0 85.2 59.3 89.0 82.6 86.3
Liver Patients 5,789 7,047 8,394 10,475 12,734 14,947 17,807 21,063 23,561 25,746
  Deaths 519 590 678 829 998 1,187 1,421 1,821 1,763 1,978
  Rate 267.7 226.6 196.5 175.7 154.5 142.1 135.0 139.5 114.7 112.3
Intestine Patients - 58 121 153 163 200 221 228 270 349
  Deaths - 4 14 19 22 42 45 43 22 45
  Rate - 216.2 249.9 246.0 281.5 487.8 479.6 385.4 170.1 268.7
Heart Patients 5,920 6,271 6,378 6,965 7,163 7,288 7,656 7,534 7,322 7,318
  Deaths 775 763 729 771 743 783 769 719 600 623
  Rate 315.3 273.7 252.9 240.1 206.9 207.9 191.0 171.9 147.5 150.2
Lung Patients 1,723 2,172 2,626 3,179 3,556 4,044 4,542 5,034 5,252 5,447
  Deaths 223 253 288 345 395 419 505 596 495 488
  Rate 271.0 231.0 200.9 194.3 188.7 172.3 175.8 178.7 139.4 131.9
Heart-Lung Patients 287 327 347 336 348 372 357 349 326 300
  Deaths 45 51 47 28 52 57 43 53 41 40
  Rate 274.0 271.7 233.6 136.4 241.8 251.3 180.7 225.0 194.0 189.3

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.
(-) = The Intestine waiting list began in 1993.
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 chapter for further details
about death rate computation.
Patients who were waiting for multiple organs in a given year are counted in each organ section, but only
once in the "All Organs" section.