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Table 12.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2008

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Lung Transplantation

Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 940 1,034 1,028 1,065 1,153 1,402 1,397 1,458 1,473
Deaths 215 231 193 175 176 249 221 278 245
Rate 270.4 261.7 215.1 183.9 168.7 201.0 176.9 216.2 185.9
White Patients 843 918 912 923 994 1,213 1,191 1,221 1,224
Deaths 198 202 166 148 150 213 188 234 205
Rate 278.6 257.7 206.8 178.5 166.7 198.1 176.2 216.8 187.3
African American Patients 67 87 62 71 88 109 122 123 130
Deaths 14 20 14 11 17 17 19 17 20
Rate 245.7 269.2 281.1 171.5 219.6 174.4 176.7 151.0 170.8
Other/Multi-race Patients 3 1 5 4 5 8 10 10 13
Deaths 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 5
Rate * * * * * * 101.0 0.0 536.5
Asian Patients 2 6 8 18 9 17 14 16 24
Deaths 1 0 2 3 0 6 3 4 4
Rate * * * 192.4 * 516.6 249.4 302.9 182.3
Hispanic/Latino Patients 25 22 41 47 57 55 60 88 82
Deaths 1 9 8 12 9 10 10 23 11
Rate 40.9 515.7 227.1 318.6 174.0 208.0 187.9 323.5 146.1
Unknown Patients - - - 2 - - - - -
Deaths - - - 0 - - - - -
Rate - - - * - - - - -


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.