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

Primary Diagnosis		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
Congenital Disease	Patients	41	51	66	55	42	33	30	35	25	17
	Deaths	9	8	6	5	11	6	6	8	3	3
	Rate	712.4	346.2	175.4	207.4	736.3	467.8	476.3	676.1	265.3	490.0
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension	Patients	21	29	24	12	15	15	15	15	13	18
	Deaths	4	6	4	0	4	3	4	2	1	0
	Rate	430.8	504.7	319.8	0.0	731.6	459.1	704.4	309.7	140.7	0.0
Cystic Fibrosis	Patients	2	6	7	4	2	1	1	-	-	1
	Deaths	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-	-	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	*
Emphysema/COPD	Patients	5	4	-	2	-	4	7	5	2	-
	Deaths	0	2	-	2	-	0	1	1	0	-
	Rate	*	*	-	*	-	*	*	*	*	-
Retransplant/Graft Failure	Patients	2	1	3	4	3	3	1	1	-	-
	Deaths	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency	Patients	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	Patients	10	12	9	7	7	8	5	3	5	2
	Deaths	0	2	4	3	1	1	2	2	3	0
	Rate	0.0	379.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	11	14	13	10	18	22	21	23	16	13
	Deaths	1	4	4	2	5	8	4	5	5	0
	Rate	188.7	850.0	921.9	372.1	700.0	1,139.2	485.8	542.9	666.3	0.0

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.