Table 5.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Kidney Waiting List

Primary Diagnosis		Year
Primary Diagnosis		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	57,058	60,540	64,162	68,168	71,793	76,806	82,336	88,685	94,622	99,750
	Deaths	3,318	3,125	3,368	3,731	3,858	4,040	4,143	4,454	4,456	4,638
	Rate	84.0	73.6	73.5	76.8	75.0	73.4	70.5	70.4	65.0	63.3
Glomerular Diseases	Patients	13,268	13,879	14,391	15,209	15,728	16,530	17,297	18,337	19,003	19,678
	Deaths	483	449	520	543	582	573	561	579	612	581
	Rate	51.7	45.4	50.0	49.9	51.1	48.1	45.1	44.1	44.0	39.6
Diabetes	Patients	13,758	14,345	15,603	17,008	18,341	20,108	22,058	24,424	26,834	28,906
	Deaths	1,351	1,213	1,320	1,474	1,488	1,570	1,651	1,799	1,883	1,949
	Rate	149.2	125.0	121.4	124.6	115.3	109.9	105.4	103.5	97.4	92.7
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis	Patients	9,613	10,713	11,853	12,869	13,766	15,141	16,743	18,382	19,939	21,479
	Deaths	421	483	509	608	603	689	750	799	805	902
	Rate	60.6	61.5	58.3	63.7	58.7	61.8	61.0	58.8	54.1	56.0
Polycystic Kidneys	Patients	3,827	4,117	4,268	4,507	4,761	4,960	5,438	5,833	6,281	6,610
	Deaths	112	123	114	144	147	152	147	182	147	154
	Rate	43.4	43.5	38.3	46.1	44.9	44.1	39.9	45.5	33.4	32.2
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases	Patients	2,743	2,838	2,926	3,043	3,104	3,180	3,315	3,383	3,550	3,633
	Deaths	145	128	146	146	123	159	175	144	155	183
	Rate	76.3	65.5	71.1	68.8	55.9	71.0	76.1	60.0	60.6	69.7
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases	Patients	3,130	3,300	3,358	3,514	3,635	3,663	3,418	3,278	3,160	3,080
	Deaths	203	173	174	187	191	202	174	189	188	138
	Rate	90.0	73.2	69.3	71.4	69.6	71.7	65.9	76.4	77.5	58.4
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders	Patients	1,018	1,033	1,140	1,243	1,343	1,346	1,421	1,464	1,487	1,548
	Deaths	28	23	22	32	37	36	39	39	31	27
	Rate	41.8	32.7	28.4	37.9	41.0	37.8	39.8	39.2	30.2	24.8
Neoplasms	Patients	138	166	177	176	170	199	215	238	260	277
	Deaths	10	11	13	17	10	16	11	16	18	11
	Rate	106.7	99.8	118.0	149.3	83.0	124.6	76.9	101.5	104.2	54.8
Other	Patients	6,620	7,329	7,754	8,033	8,550	9,409	10,315	11,335	12,215	12,793
	Deaths	349	341	367	411	461	464	462	541	466	547
	Rate	76.9	68.0	67.5	72.1	77.4	71.1	64.5	69.1	53.9	58.6
Not Collected	Patients	648	467	354	283	215	176	138	110	93	79
	Deaths	88	44	30	29	23	19	16	8	7	6
	Rate	163.8	110.2	96.0	120.6	119.3	125.4	128.8	78.0	83.9	88.0
Unknown	Patients	2,295	2,353	2,338	2,283	2,180	2,094	1,978	1,901	1,800	1,667
	Deaths	128	137	153	140	193	160	157	158	144	140
	Rate	81.4	84.4	94.5	88.0	128.0	113.7	119.6	131.1	125.8	130.7

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

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.