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

Hospitalized at Tx 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
Not Hospitalized Patients 757 676 809 756 775 872 974 948 992
Deaths 168 187 179 174 175 191 215 173 155
Rate 263.8 345.1 263.5 275.7 267.3 255.9 257.4 207.8 173.4
Hospitalized Patients 43 44 45 51 43 46 32 42 40
Deaths 10 10 11 16 14 13 6 8 9
Rate 287.1 264.0 286.0 397.9 433.4 358.1 220.3 220.2 272.6
In Intensive Care Patients 41 38 49 29 36 22 27 38 33
Deaths 23 21 23 13 17 11 11 12 11
Rate 1,004.1 1,053.3 803.2 725.7 675.2 875.2 585.2 422.1 451.1
Unknown Patients 5 30 5 1 9 - 1 - -
Deaths 2 10 3 1 1 - 0 - -
Rate * 425.0 * * * - * - -


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.