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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	437	382	466	397	431	467	556	509	495
	Deaths	105	109	108	97	99	101	109	92	79
	Rate	290.4	357.0	279.4	294.9	273.8	251.5	225.5	204.7	178.2
Male	Patients	409	406	442	440	432	473	478	519	570
	Deaths	98	119	108	107	108	114	123	101	96
	Rate	291.7	374.3	298.4	296.6	300.9	289.6	308.4	225.4	189.0

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.