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

Type of Procedure		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
Heterotopic	Patients	8	10	7	14	17	21	6	5	7
	Deaths	3	0	2	3	4	2	1	1	1
	Rate	*	0.0	*	260.1	295.1	104.7	*	*	*
Othotopic	Patients	2,308	2,321	2,247	2,243	2,283	2,124	2,159	2,166	2,103
	Deaths	370	366	339	336	336	344	313	312	284
	Rate	182.8	179.9	171.1	169.8	166.6	186.4	163.2	161.8	151.0
Unknown	Patients	2	15	64	10	10	12	2	-	2
	Deaths	1	2	5	4	1	2	1	-	0
	Rate	*	147.0	82.6	584.8	110.3	193.0	*	-	*

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.