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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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
<1 Year Patients 73 64 71 82 72 81 88 87 100
Deaths 13 11 8 15 14 16 20 17 20
Rate 207.4 201.4 125.0 210.9 227.7 236.6 275.9 229.6 236.5
1-5 Years Patients 58 82 79 48 73 68 72 75 102
Deaths 5 11 11 6 8 14 7 6 9
Rate 92.0 147.7 156.7 140.7 119.2 245.0 104.8 85.2 93.7
6-11 Years Patients 59 42 56 70 54 48 50 59 64
Deaths 4 4 10 7 8 1 3 2 7
Rate 71.5 102.2 207.5 108.3 169.3 21.3 61.5 35.0 120.6
12-17 Years Patients 82 84 80 86 90 113 100 103 96
Deaths 6 13 11 6 5 18 4 6 7
Rate 77.7 174.1 150.8 73.0 57.9 180.1 41.0 60.0 77.0
18-34 Years Patients 166 190 197 191 206 235 229 224 197
Deaths 27 22 26 25 31 34 31 38 23
Rate 185.9 126.6 146.7 143.7 166.3 161.5 146.4 188.5 126.2
35-49 Years Patients 411 452 394 425 389 394 430 429 398
Deaths 59 59 39 46 46 35 49 45 33
Rate 159.5 143.4 107.6 117.4 130.1 95.0 125.2 114.6 87.8
50-64 Years Patients 1,106 1,050 1,015 955 897 917 938 926 879
Deaths 165 148 142 117 95 117 120 96 100
Rate 169.6 159.1 156.7 134.9 115.2 141.0 141.0 112.3 123.3
65+ Years Patients 212 207 220 169 179 206 238 239 249
Deaths 37 45 39 21 31 32 31 32 42
Rate 199.9 257.4 208.3 138.7 198.4 176.2 144.8 148.7 191.0


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.