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

Waiting List Status at Transplant		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
1	Patients	1,397	1,544	1,572	1,568	1,718	80	-	-	-
	Deaths	245	264	249	240	268	16	-	-	-
	Rate	203.2	197.8	180.7	174.4	178.0	239.3	-	-	-
1A	Patients	-	-	1	-	-	724	863	836	843
	Deaths	-	-	0	-	-	134	155	162	133
	Rate	-	-	*	-	-	219.3	209.8	228.4	180.3
1B	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	783	741	792	733
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	123	96	89	97
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	178.4	143.0	122.8	147.2
2	Patients	911	798	741	697	590	560	562	541	534
	Deaths	124	103	96	103	72	73	64	62	53
	Rate	151.4	143.1	144.4	166.5	135.2	146.2	124.7	124.7	107.8
Other	Patients	10	4	4	2	2	10	1	2	2
	Deaths	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2
	Rate	915.3	*	*	*	*	225.7	*	*	*

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.