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Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Primary Diagnosis		Year
Primary Diagnosis		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	Patients	7,186	7,139	6,907	6,517	6,197	5,876	5,829	5,764	5,907	6,090
	Deaths	686	719	631	587	526	471	441	376	444	413
	Rate	177.4	183.6	167.1	167.0	160.1	157.3	157.6	143.5	171.4	149.4
Coronary Artery Disease	Patients	3,012	2,953	2,811	2,563	2,336	2,150	2,117	2,079	2,078	2,115
	Deaths	301	326	244	231	197	148	158	135	145	126
	Rate	181.6	195.6	154.9	162.3	152.1	127.8	146.9	134.5	149.7	123.1
Cardiomyopathy	Patients	3,017	2,997	2,923	2,829	2,746	2,630	2,649	2,671	2,710	2,870
	Deaths	248	258	236	215	199	186	180	154	169	168
	Rate	149.0	152.5	143.6	138.2	134.3	137.7	142.3	132.6	147.9	134.6
Congenital Heart Disease	Patients	380	422	449	435	470	464	455	445	536	540
	Deaths	55	58	75	64	62	59	43	41	81	50
	Rate	344.7	328.7	384.8	338.3	328.4	305.5	230.9	217.2	380.9	225.3
Retransplant/Graft Failure	Patients	298	286	262	259	241	250	231	228	253	252
	Deaths	37	41	33	39	31	39	34	24	23	36
	Rate	286.6	329.0	286.1	331.1	296.3	385.1	375.6	267.5	215.3	304.4
Valvular Heart Disease	Patients	170	160	153	151	128	126	133	109	112	107
	Deaths	21	14	17	15	14	10	8	7	6	11
	Rate	217.2	156.8	212.0	199.2	194.4	147.1	124.0	117.4	117.2	208.5
Other	Patients	133	148	145	130	144	138	125	123	126	128
	Deaths	14	14	19	9	9	14	8	9	9	10
	Rate	227.9	208.3	286.5	144.7	134.2	234.2	141.8	162.8	144.6	178.1
Unknown	Patients	176	173	164	150	132	118	119	109	92	78
	Deaths	10	8	7	14	14	15	10	6	11	12
	Rate	100.8	79.1	69.8	153.1	184.0	237.7	167.9	98.6	236.5	272.2

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.