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

Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	2,813	2,313	1,784	1,535	1,431	1,353	1,416	1,513	1,419	1,269
	Deaths	249	171	125	104	94	88	107	98	79	45
	Rate	194.5	152.9	153.1	141.2	139.7	133.8	170.8	130.9	121.0	95.3
On Life Support	Patients	1,324	1,965	2,583	2,737	2,788	2,938	2,770	2,529	2,639	2,653
	Deaths	159	196	262	242	241	250	241	223	228	122
	Rate	270.6	224.4	218.0	185.3	186.9	183.3	184.7	190.6	182.7	131.5
Unknown	Patients	2	5	20	100	86	15	14	6	24	120
	Deaths	0	2	1	7	5	1	0	0	0	7
	Rate	*	*	129.4	126.3	134.3	203.4	0.0	*	0.0	187.8

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.