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

Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	1,036	861	765	742	687	793	808	693	670
	Deaths	148	117	95	101	82	113	88	83	80
	Rate	160.0	151.0	137.7	151.6	131.7	161.4	118.8	131.4	132.3
On Life Support	Patients	1,279	1,467	1,472	1,515	1,615	1,358	1,359	1,478	1,440
	Deaths	224	249	244	238	258	235	227	230	205
	Rate	202.9	196.7	190.4	179.8	183.0	201.0	191.8	176.7	159.9
Unknown	Patients	3	18	81	10	8	6	-	-	2
	Deaths	2	2	7	4	1	0	-	-	0
	Rate	*	120.4	92.5	584.8	*	*	-	-	*

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.