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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 748 700 803 759 778 843 918 912 923
Deaths 174 198 185 184 182 198 203 166 148
Rate 279.8 353.9 277.4 292.9 278.3 278.6 259.1 206.8 178.5
African American Patients 54 52 68 40 52 67 87 62 71
Deaths 14 23 21 10 19 14 20 14 11
Rate 323.3 681.3 402.6 317.2 509.9 245.7 269.2 281.1 171.5
Hispanic/Latino Patients 32 30 30 26 24 25 22 41 47
Deaths 10 6 8 9 2 1 9 8 12
Rate 413.7 239.7 331.0 474.4 89.2 40.9 515.7 227.1 318.7
Asian Patients 7 3 6 8 5 2 6 8 18
Deaths 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 3
Rate * * * * * * * * 192.4
Other/Multi-race Patients 5 3 1 4 4 3 1 5 4
Deaths 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients - - - - - - - - 2
Deaths - - - - - - - - 0
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.