Table 11.11

Adjusted Patient Survival, Heart Transplants

Survival at 3 Months, 1 Year, 3 Years, and 5 Years

  3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years
(Tx 2002 - 2003) (Tx 2002 - 2003) (Tx 2000 - 2003) (Tx 1998 - 2003)
N % Std. Err. N % Std. Err. N % Std. Err. N % Std. Err.
Total All 4,001 91.9% 0.4% 4,001 87.6% 0.5% 8,199 80.1% 0.5% 12,473 72.9% 0.5%
Age at Tx <1 Year 153 88.8% 2.6% 153 84.8% 3.0% 290 78.7% 2.7% 430 75.9% 2.3%
1-5 Years 127 90.2% 2.7% 127 86.1% 3.2% 267 81.3% 2.8% 387 75.7% 2.7%
6-10 Years 91 88.6% 3.4% 91 87.5% 3.6% 165 84.8% 3.2% 241 75.5% 3.8%
11-17 Years 201 93.8% 1.7% 201 88.1% 2.4% 393 78.8% 2.4% 569 69.9% 2.6%
18-34 Years 367 92.9% 1.4% 367 87.1% 1.8% 700 77.1% 1.9% 1,019 69.5% 1.9%
35-49 Years 796 93.4% 0.9% 796 89.7% 1.1% 1,637 82.1% 1.1% 2,496 75.4% 1.1%
50-64 Years 1,924 91.9% 0.6% 1,924 87.4% 0.8% 4,034 80.5% 0.7% 6,249 73.2% 0.7%
65+ Years 384 88.6% 1.7% 384 85.5% 1.8% 797 75.6% 1.7% 1,196 67.8% 1.7%


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

(+) = Values not determined due to insufficient follow-up.

(-) = Values not determined since there were no transplants in the category.

Cohorts are transplants performed during the years listed at the top of the table.

Patient survival follows patients from first transplant of this type until death.Counts for patient and graft survival are different because a patient may have more than one transplant for a type of organ.

Center volume = Center's yearly transplants performed during the base period, based on heart and heart-lung transplants.

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

Survival rates are adjusted to the characteristics of the 3 month and 1 year cohort. See Technical Notes for details.