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

Cold Ischemic Time		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
0-90 Minutes	Patients	188	143	143	99	135	110	92	102	74
	Deaths	23	18	20	10	19	15	13	14	10
	Rate	135.6	139.6	155.5	110.3	156.8	153.3	158.0	150.9	151.2
91-180 Minutes	Patients	1,151	1,090	1,002	943	913	819	763	791	752
	Deaths	173	145	129	129	106	109	88	81	86
	Rate	169.6	148.2	142.3	153.0	127.3	148.5	126.2	110.3	125.1
181-270 Minutes	Patients	815	842	807	843	856	754	818	889	858
	Deaths	147	156	126	133	132	117	121	138	100
	Rate	208.6	216.7	178.3	179.8	175.6	177.5	166.5	176.7	128.0
271-360 Minutes	Patients	92	114	137	168	137	133	153	163	169
	Deaths	24	19	33	33	28	31	38	39	37
	Rate	344.1	194.1	306.9	236.5	248.6	284.3	313.3	298.1	265.1
361-480 Minutes	Patients	11	16	17	25	22	15	29	22	20
	Deaths	2	5	7	6	4	5	5	2	3
	Rate	211.6	419.8	638.2	310.8	213.2	493.8	199.5	99.7	174.3
481+ Minutes	Patients	3	4	2	5	3	4	4	4	1
	Deaths	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	58	137	210	184	244	322	308	200	238
	Deaths	5	24	30	31	51	69	50	39	49
	Rate	93.1	203.9	161.8	194.0	254.1	262.6	186.9	229.4	250.2

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.