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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

Type of Procedure		Year of Transplant
Type of Procedure		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
Double Lung	Patients	433	449	527	559	651	816	894	939	977
	Deaths	87	99	104	99	96	140	142	168	157
	Rate	232.8	258.6	228.6	200.5	163.3	193.9	178.1	201.0	179.9
Single Lung	Patients	507	585	501	506	502	586	503	519	496
	Deaths	128	132	89	76	80	109	79	110	88
	Rate	303.8	264.2	201.2	166.1	175.8	210.9	174.6	244.3	197.5

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.