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Table 13.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2009

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Primary Heart Diagnosis Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Patients 326 299 290 260 260 224 207 182 157 149
Deaths 48 42 42 20 29 28 21 22 15 18
Rate 234.0 203.6 210.0 109.3 162.7 181.5 153.5 195.3 155.9 223.0
Coronary Artery Disease Patients 3 4 5 4 5 9 9 6 6 7
Deaths - 1 - 1 - 3 1 1 - 2
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Cardiomyopathy Patients 24 20 22 19 27 28 27 30 24 25
Deaths 5 5 5 2 3 6 4 8 4 5
Rate 367.7 365.2 368.1 153.0 192.4 345.9 270.0 541.7 308.4 559.6
Congenital Heart Disease Patients 42 54 54 51 63 74 75 63 62 59
Deaths 5 6 9 3 6 8 9 5 5 4
Rate 180.1 181.9 230.6 77.0 128.0 154.5 182.9 109.6 115.7 100.7
Retransplant/Graft Failure Patients 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 -
Deaths 1 - - - - - - - 1 -
Rate * * * * * * * * * -
Valvular Heart Disease Patients 1 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 5
Deaths - - 1 - - - - - 1 -
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Other Patients 31 22 20 23 26 26 25 26 17 27
Deaths 6 4 2 2 4 5 4 6 2 5
Rate 338.5 263.2 147.6 146.3 265.2 332.2 327.4 719.8 259.9 592.3
Not Collected Patients 16 12 9 9 7 5 4 4 3 1
Deaths - - - 1 1 1 - 1 - -
Rate - - * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients 205 184 174 148 127 79 62 48 40 25
Deaths 31 26 25 11 15 5 3 1 2 2
Rate 247.5 202.7 212.9 107.8 170.5 87.4 62.1 28.7 83.3 121.2


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,

date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.