Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Heart Transplants

Gender		Year of Transplant
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	2,318	2,346	2,318	2,267	2,310	2,157	2,167	2,171	2,112
	Deaths	374	368	346	343	341	348	315	313	285
	Rate	184.2	178.8	169.1	171.8	167.2	185.6	163.7	161.9	150.9
Female	Patients	549	543	540	572	600	565	582	588	586
	Deaths	94	97	82	99	103	92	93	92	88
	Rate	195.0	206.8	171.8	202.2	197.8	186.6	182.6	177.4	170.6
Male	Patients	1,769	1,803	1,778	1,695	1,710	1,592	1,585	1,583	1,526
	Deaths	280	271	264	244	238	256	222	221	197
	Rate	180.9	170.6	168.2	161.9	156.7	185.2	156.9	156.2	143.5

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.

See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.