Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1993 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Heart Transplants

Recipient Age at Tx		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	4,139	4,283	4,387	4,372	4,305	4,306	4,200	4,048	4,082	4,042
	Deaths	408	369	388	353	340	339	348	321	307	174
	Rate	218.3	185.2	191.5	168.2	170.1	167.3	179.4	167.1	161.1	121.1
<1 Year	Patients	82	71	73	47	57	57	42	44	41	45
	Deaths	25	19	15	9	12	8	6	11	4	3
	Rate	999.2	959.3	598.2	623.9	609.1	390.9	392.2	753.4	365.1	544.1
1-5 Years	Patients	184	180	183	192	196	194	192	182	207	219
	Deaths	26	19	25	22	17	9	23	7	16	8
	Rate	304.8	220.8	296.9	222.5	177.3	96.1	257.9	76.6	153.4	94.9
6-10 Years	Patients	51	69	69	73	68	81	73	75	69	65
	Deaths	6	7	6	3	2	6	3	4	3	1
	Rate	319.6	192.6	229.7	77.8	63.4	156.8	88.1	104.8	80.7	55.6
11-17 Years	Patients	125	133	139	157	155	150	162	162	179	183
	Deaths	8	13	17	15	7	9	11	6	9	11
	Rate	137.8	228.0	255.2	204.0	96.0	133.3	137.4	76.4	106.7	169.8
18-34 Years	Patients	339	347	325	335	346	321	326	324	342	371
	Deaths	32	22	21	18	29	28	29	35	21	17
	Rate	207.9	127.0	143.1	107.1	184.6	185.4	194.3	224.7	131.0	126.2
35-49 Years	Patients	926	929	908	876	799	792	772	740	740	743
	Deaths	72	66	67	68	57	60	47	47	58	28
	Rate	169.1	147.7	162.1	165.0	150.7	160.6	130.1	133.4	164.2	105.9
50-64 Years	Patients	2,163	2,273	2,358	2,279	2,228	2,230	2,131	2,004	1,989	1,909
	Deaths	213	196	208	182	171	174	180	170	149	75
	Rate	217.1	188.2	189.3	166.3	165.4	163.5	183.6	181.7	161.6	108.6
65+ Years	Patients	268	280	332	413	456	481	502	517	515	507
	Deaths	26	27	29	36	45	45	49	41	47	31
	Rate	215.8	205.3	175.0	181.7	214.2	206.9	213.5	161.3	201.0	177.2
Unknown	Patients	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

Includes patients with a functioning transplant (placed during the previous 1-year period) at any time during

the calendar year. Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or 1-year anniversary

of the transplant, and is limited to time during each calendar year. See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

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