Table 13.7

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

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Heart-Lung Transplants

Donor Age		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	94	118	122	94	87	86	80	82	61	51
	Deaths	15	23	19	14	23	21	18	18	12	3
	Rate	418.6	460.9	328.9	340.2	731.9	640.3	560.5	588.9	432.1	171.2
<1 Year	Patients	-	1	2	-	1	5	5	3	1	1
	Deaths	-	1	2	-	1	2	2	2	1	0
	Rate	-	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*
1-5 Years	Patients	9	9	6	6	8	3	4	3	-	-
	Deaths	4	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-
6-10 Years	Patients	8	6	6	9	6	4	5	7	6	4
	Deaths	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
11-17 Years	Patients	26	39	40	28	20	21	15	17	11	9
	Deaths	3	6	5	3	5	7	1	3	2	1
	Rate	291.8	355.8	272.1	231.8	742.3	1,026.4	122.9	740.5	327.2	*
18-34 Years	Patients	29	41	43	32	28	27	24	27	24	20
	Deaths	4	7	7	6	7	5	6	4	3	1
	Rate	372.6	466.7	321.3	498.8	702.4	418.7	689.3	368.6	248.6	205.2
35-49 Years	Patients	18	20	21	14	18	21	21	22	17	14
	Deaths	3	7	3	4	5	2	4	5	5	1
	Rate	390.2	879.6	301.7	693.3	692.0	232.7	454.4	613.4	750.1	242.3
50-64 Years	Patients	4	2	4	3	4	5	6	3	2	3
	Deaths	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
65+ Years	Patients	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
	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.