LJ, I am reading the chart for DPT as a total of 3980 suits made up of both Injury and Death classes.
The 1269 "compensated" suits does not distinguish between these two classes.
And I don't think the injury/death class data can be determined from your link.
For example, from The Injury Table, one "compensated injury" for DPT is
deemed to be:
Quote:
... Any acute complication or sequela (including death) of an illness,
disability, injury, or condition referred to above which illness, disability, injury,
or condition arose within the time period
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While one may
believe such an injury or death is
caused by the DPT,
it may have been only coincidentally associated at the time with the DPT.
Whatever actually caused the injury or death is not determined by the settlement or award.