Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 2,346 2,318 2,267 2,310 2,157 2,167 2,171 2,112 2,026
Deaths 368 347 342 343 354 316 313 284 242
Rate 178.9 169.7 171.3 168.3 189.3 164.3 161.9 150.2 131.1
White Patients 1,881 1,854 1,837 1,838 1,681 1,669 1,615 1,586 1,460
Deaths 303 247 260 272 269 251 225 209 171
Rate 185.2 149.0 159.7 168.1 184.1 170.2 156.6 147.6 128.7
African American Patients 266 307 254 293 315 290 310 301 332
Deaths 45 70 57 42 52 42 51 46 44
Rate 190.2 272.8 269.7 160.1 187.7 162.2 183.0 170.2 145.2
Hispanic/Latino Patients 139 109 132 131 106 146 180 157 171
Deaths 13 24 21 20 21 14 29 24 17
Rate 100.3 271.7 180.3 171.3 239.9 103.8 183.6 171.6 107.2
Asian Patients 40 42 39 35 45 48 57 53 48
Deaths 3 6 3 7 10 7 6 5 6
Rate 79.7 163.3 82.7 237.2 273.0 164.6 115.6 100.7 138.7
Other/Multi-race Patients 19 6 4 11 10 14 9 15 15
Deaths 4 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 4
Rate 238.5 * * 93.5 244.3 162.7 * 0.0 329.4
Unknown Patients 1 - 1 2 - - - - -
Deaths 0 - 0 1 - - - - -
Rate * - * * - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

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.