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

Recipient Age at Tx		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	90	91	74	95	81	60	73	64	71
	Deaths	29	22	12	23	17	11	13	11	8
	Rate	440.7	306.8	188.7	306.9	248.0	217.3	207.4	201.4	125.0
1-5 Years	Patients	63	60	57	64	55	66	58	82	79
	Deaths	20	9	17	6	7	15	5	11	11
	Rate	410.4	169.0	399.9	102.1	139.7	281.7	92.0	147.6	156.7
6-10 Years	Patients	37	41	36	37	41	37	47	27	40
	Deaths	9	6	2	4	5	3	3	2	7
	Rate	304.0	165.9	57.9	118.8	137.6	86.8	67.3	78.8	210.5
11-17 Years	Patients	70	78	95	80	88	88	94	99	96
	Deaths	14	17	11	11	7	13	7	15	13
	Rate	235.3	252.8	125.7	151.3	85.1	168.5	79.0	169.6	147.8
18-34 Years	Patients	174	175	185	178	170	182	166	191	197
	Deaths	23	17	20	30	28	33	27	22	26
	Rate	144.1	104.8	117.6	191.7	187.5	209.9	185.9	126.1	146.7
35-49 Years	Patients	538	520	499	454	464	430	411	451	394
	Deaths	69	68	74	57	69	50	59	59	39
	Rate	142.5	145.9	167.9	140.3	168.0	127.5	159.5	143.7	107.6
50-64 Years	Patients	1,250	1,242	1,211	1,168	1,207	1,088	1,106	1,050	1,015
	Deaths	194	210	180	174	167	190	164	148	142
	Rate	176.6	195.0	168.2	168.4	155.6	204.3	168.4	159.1	156.7
65+ Years	Patients	96	139	161	191	204	206	212	207	220
	Deaths	16	19	30	38	41	33	37	45	39
	Rate	190.1	153.0	218.6	237.0	241.8	182.9	200.1	257.4	208.3

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.