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

Race		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
White	Patients	3,594	3,682	3,755	3,703	3,691	3,697	3,505	3,341	3,362	3,303
	Deaths	351	303	339	272	274	291	294	262	250	131
	Rate	216.5	176.3	196.4	152.7	159.1	166.4	183.2	164.4	160.1	110.3
African American	Patients	444	492	510	545	507	502	580	578	572	579
	Deaths	47	52	43	71	60	41	41	50	46	39
	Rate	232.3	229.8	181.1	272.0	265.7	181.7	144.1	186.6	169.1	200.3
Asian	Patients	62	53	60	71	63	61	65	73	84	87
	Deaths	7	11	3	5	2	5	9	6	6	3
	Rate	254.1	450.1	104.1	155.1	63.6	177.0	330.4	176.2	138.6	112.3
Other/Multi-race	Patients	36	51	59	52	43	43	49	56	64	72
	Deaths	3	2	3	5	4	1	4	3	5	1
	Rate	183.0	93.8	94.9	215.7	200.4	46.4	178.9	120.3	168.9	35.3
Unknown	Patients	3	5	3	1	1	3	1	-	-	1
	Deaths	0	1	0	0	0	1	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.