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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

Life Support Status		Year of Transplant
Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	779	665	652	631	713	795	870	723	638
	Deaths	81	75	74	66	68	90	78	71	56
	Rate	112.9	122.7	125.1	113.6	102.8	122.7	95.4	105.5	93.4
On Life Support	Patients	1,388	1,506	1,460	1,395	1,247	1,267	1,275	1,419	1,447
	Deaths	235	238	212	177	170	177	187	171	185
	Rate	194.9	180.0	163.5	140.1	151.6	156.8	164.7	132.3	140.3

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.