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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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	582	588	586	535	537	570	558	563	576
	Deaths	93	92	89	61	80	78	80	72	65
	Rate	182.6	177.5	172.6	125.2	167.7	152.5	159.4	140.7	122.1
Male	Patients	1,585	1,583	1,526	1,491	1,423	1,492	1,587	1,579	1,509
	Deaths	223	221	197	182	158	189	185	170	176
	Rate	157.7	156.2	143.5	134.1	121.0	139.9	127.5	116.9	127.0

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.