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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

Hospitalized at Tx 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 Hospitalized Patients 33 18 17 19 27 21 18 18 13
Deaths 9 5 4 7 5 2 4 0 5
Rate 333.6 360.9 304.0 524.8 222.8 103.8 252.9 0.0 597.2
Hospitalized Patients 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 6 3
Deaths 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 2 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *
In Intensive Care Patients 9 4 11 7 7 8 9 7 10
Deaths 5 0 6 6 4 3 5 1 4
Rate * * 935.2 * * * * * 537.6


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.