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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

Life Support Status 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
Not on Life Support Patients 34 16 15 14 28 25 25 24 16
Deaths 11 4 4 5 6 4 6 3 5
Rate 433.3 327.1 347.0 513.4 263.9 181.7 287.9 136.2 407.8
On Life Support Patients 12 11 17 14 10 9 6 7 10
Deaths 6 3 8 9 4 4 3 0 4
Rate 752.4 346.4 766.7 1,362.7 554.6 * * * 610.7


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.