Table 12.7a

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Lung Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 846 788 908 837 863 940 1,034 1,028 1,065
Deaths 203 228 216 204 207 215 232 193 175
Rate 291.0 365.8 288.6 295.8 287.3 270.4 263.0 215.1 183.9
O Patients 403 346 388 363 360 414 440 434 486
Deaths 103 101 80 90 92 87 101 77 71
Rate 314.9 367.8 243.1 298.1 306.5 244.3 269.8 201.6 161.6
A Patients 324 327 384 344 363 368 415 450 441
Deaths 78 93 104 81 77 86 90 83 83
Rate 291.5 357.0 337.2 286.0 252.8 278.3 253.9 209.7 215.4
B Patients 82 77 98 104 92 118 137 104 116
Deaths 15 27 24 28 27 28 36 27 16
Rate 210.0 475.7 298.7 337.8 363.2 281.9 317.5 319.1 148.5
AB Patients 37 38 38 26 48 40 42 40 22
Deaths 7 7 8 5 11 14 5 6 5
Rate 222.8 222.9 261.5 229.9 265.5 456.0 124.6 171.6 262.9


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.