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Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2008

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 2,167 2,171 2,112 2,026 1,960 2,062 2,145 2,142 2,085
Deaths 316 313 286 243 238 267 265 242 241
Rate 164.3 161.9 151.5 131.7 133.5 143.4 135.7 123.1 125.6
A Patients 958 946 942 843 795 854 901 870 843
Deaths 133 128 119 106 101 100 106 85 85
Rate 155.7 151.0 140.0 138.7 140.3 128.5 129.3 105.0 108.4
AB Patients 108 125 81 94 93 101 93 103 110
Deaths 11 18 11 10 8 12 8 14 15
Rate 110.1 161.5 153.5 115.8 92.4 127.7 93.4 151.1 150.8
B Patients 291 285 273 284 282 290 291 300 299
Deaths 35 53 29 41 35 39 45 36 29
Rate 132.3 215.1 113.7 161.8 137.3 150.6 172.8 132.9 103.8
O Patients 810 815 816 805 790 817 860 869 833
Deaths 137 114 127 86 94 116 106 107 112
Rate 194.4 156.6 178.5 116.1 130.3 158.7 134.5 135.0 148.3


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = None in category.

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

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.

See Technical Notes for further details.