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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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 1,669 1,615 1,586 1,460 1,380 1,443 1,471 1,445 1,373
Deaths 251 225 211 172 171 172 173 154 162
Rate 170.2 156.6 149.2 129.5 136.9 131.1 129.1 116.1 128.5
African American Patients 290 310 301 332 329 361 399 409 414
Deaths 42 51 46 44 40 59 58 65 50
Rate 162.2 183.0 170.2 145.2 132.8 184.2 160.5 177.3 130.8
Other/Multi-race Patients 14 9 15 15 19 21 16 19 24
Deaths 2 2 0 4 3 3 5 2 3
Rate 162.7 * 0.0 329.4 181.8 158.7 355.9 106.5 132.1
Asian Patients 48 57 53 48 55 72 65 69 69
Deaths 7 6 5 6 10 12 6 6 8
Rate 164.6 115.6 100.7 138.7 205.0 191.4 99.4 90.9 128.7
Hispanic/Latino Patients 146 180 157 171 177 165 194 200 205
Deaths 14 29 24 17 14 21 23 15 18
Rate 103.8 183.3 172.2 107.2 83.8 141.2 129.6 79.5 94.3


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.