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Table 13.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart-Lung Transplantation

Gender Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 46 27 32 28 38 34 31 31 26
Deaths 17 7 12 14 10 8 9 3 9
Rate 509.6 335.1 546.4 856.6 333.9 289.5 376.2 103.3 478.4
Female Patients 30 17 19 17 18 22 13 22 15
Deaths 14 4 6 7 3 5 3 3 3
Rate 751.8 290.6 423.0 651.2 193.3 272.6 273.2 149.8 234.4
Male Patients 16 10 13 11 20 12 18 9 11
Deaths 3 3 6 7 7 3 6 0 6
Rate 203.5 421.2 771.2 1,251.5 485.2 322.9 463.7 * 997.4


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.