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

Donor Age		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 Year	Patients	72	68	51	58	52	50	60	54	59
	Deaths	30	15	10	16	11	9	11	10	8
	Rate	639.5	277.3	238.8	370.9	249.7	213.1	216.2	216.0	153.9
1-5 Years	Patients	74	73	79	95	88	67	74	74	86
	Deaths	14	17	17	11	15	13	7	11	10
	Rate	218.6	283.5	262.4	127.1	194.5	226.4	101.0	167.0	129.1
6-10 Years	Patients	52	71	63	57	56	51	49	57	40
	Deaths	17	9	5	12	4	7	5	6	7
	Rate	435.3	138.1	84.4	248.2	76.7	157.6	110.4	114.3	205.9
11-17 Years	Patients	422	408	393	344	344	302	298	268	248
	Deaths	56	46	43	40	40	42	40	31	24
	Rate	148.2	123.6	119.6	127.7	129.0	156.2	151.4	128.0	104.2
18-34 Years	Patients	975	970	931	887	947	862	840	911	940
	Deaths	121	138	126	114	125	119	103	112	104
	Rate	137.2	159.6	150.6	143.2	146.4	155.2	134.8	135.4	121.5
35-49 Years	Patients	560	581	624	618	623	628	632	615	541
	Deaths	105	99	109	102	105	113	99	108	95
	Rate	218.3	196.6	202.9	189.7	194.5	211.7	178.5	202.0	201.7
50-64 Years	Patients	159	171	168	203	195	193	209	185	197
	Deaths	31	43	33	46	39	42	48	34	37
	Rate	229.5	319.2	234.3	272.5	244.2	262.4	278.1	215.2	221.7
65+ Years	Patients	4	3	7	4	5	4	5	7	1
	Deaths	0	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-

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.