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

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	214	200	244	254	230	261	242	249	328	333
	Deaths	29	17	18	23	21	20	24	16	26	14
	Rate	314.7	176.0	154.0	195.7	197.0	167.5	209.9	134.1	171.2	119.7
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	2,955	3,418	3,842	4,047	4,029	4,002	3,935	3,784	3,739	3,701
	Deaths	302	304	351	327	315	314	323	304	280	159
	Rate	220.3	195.8	196.5	167.9	168.4	166.5	177.9	169.5	160.2	120.8
Unknown	Patients	970	665	301	71	46	43	23	15	15	8
	Deaths	77	48	19	3	4	5	1	1	1	1
	Rate	189.6	139.8	153.6	90.4	185.2	243.1	103.8	126.0	143.6	*

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.