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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

Cold Ischemic Time 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
0-90 Minutes Patients 92 102 75 87 66 75 68 68 66
Deaths 13 14 10 12 5 6 6 8 10
Rate 157.7 150.9 148.9 152.5 80.0 83.9 94.6 127.8 171.6
91-180 Minutes Patients 763 791 752 703 690 740 731 719 664
Deaths 88 81 86 78 70 75 72 79 56
Rate 126.2 110.3 125.1 121.7 109.5 109.0 105.7 118.9 88.9
181-270 Minutes Patients 818 889 861 888 926 932 1,025 1,048 1,022
Deaths 121 138 101 93 122 116 142 102 124
Rate 166.5 176.7 128.9 113.3 146.1 137.3 154.1 104.6 132.4
271-360 Minutes Patients 153 163 169 158 159 188 211 209 233
Deaths 38 39 37 27 20 32 34 33 35
Rate 313.3 298.1 265.5 192.7 141.0 197.4 183.6 179.0 168.8
361-480 Minutes Patients 29 22 20 15 14 34 25 24 31
Deaths 6 2 3 5 3 12 3 5 7
Rate 249.3 99.7 174.3 476.8 249.5 500.8 130.9 259.3 273.7
481+ Minutes Patients 4 4 1 4 3 3 7 7 2
Deaths 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients 308 200 234 171 102 90 78 67 67
Deaths 50 39 49 27 17 26 7 13 9
Rate 186.9 229.4 254.1 179.5 187.9 378.0 96.1 233.7 152.4


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.