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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

Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized Patients 950 935 927 964 974 1,102 1,173 1,047 986
Deaths 101 104 115 106 106 115 120 98 101
Rate 115.8 121.2 137.9 119.8 118.5 112.6 110.2 100.0 109.6
Hospitalized Patients 449 484 437 365 373 336 324 352 341
Deaths 64 62 62 38 49 38 37 31 34
Rate 158.9 142.2 157.7 112.7 145.8 123.8 124.2 94.1 106.5
In Intensive Care Patients 768 752 748 697 613 624 648 743 758
Deaths 151 147 109 99 83 114 108 113 106
Rate 232.9 230.2 165.0 159.0 150.1 213.7 190.5 172.0 156.5


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.