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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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 2,147 2,149 2,092 2,007 1,942 2,047 2,122 2,124 2,067
Deaths 316 311 285 240 233 267 264 242 241
Rate 166.0 162.6 152.5 131.3 131.7 144.5 136.7 124.2 126.8
Nonresident Alien Patients 18 21 20 19 18 15 22 18 18
Deaths 0 1 1 3 5 0 1 0 0
Rate 0.0 49.5 52.6 175.6 356.3 0.0 47.6 0.0 0.0
Unknown Patients 2 1 - - - - 1 - -
Deaths 0 1 - - - - 0 - -
Rate * * - - - - * - -


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.