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

Primary Diagnosis 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
Emphysema/COPD Patients 337 309 341 338 379 411 472 405 426
Deaths 70 71 66 70 76 78 81 59 58
Rate 240.7 270.8 226.2 239.5 234.2 216.8 192.5 160.4 148.3
Cystic Fibrosis Patients 141 129 167 143 134 166 149 164 166
Deaths 28 27 36 27 28 25 30 28 28
Rate 234.5 246.2 257.7 218.6 242.7 168.0 227.8 189.1 186.7
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients 111 137 133 133 148 137 169 210 238
Deaths 31 50 37 48 52 47 56 45 46
Rate 356.4 506.8 349.5 499.7 458.9 457.7 424.1 251.9 224.5
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Patients 82 63 99 67 67 71 81 83 65
Deaths 14 20 21 14 20 23 22 19 6
Rate 194.7 397.9 245.5 248.8 376.6 407.0 325.6 273.3 98.2
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Patients 51 42 49 43 37 40 37 50 44
Deaths 20 18 20 15 10 14 9 15 10
Rate 580.4 685.6 606.0 491.5 332.1 464.5 300.0 406.0 285.2
Congenital Disease Patients 17 19 13 19 14 14 7 11 10
Deaths 9 8 6 8 4 3 1 4 0
Rate 927.6 676.0 733.0 603.5 377.9 232.6 * 547.2 0.0
Other Patients 101 87 99 91 82 99 119 103 114
Deaths 28 33 25 22 17 24 33 22 26
Rate 345.8 527.9 310.6 293.8 237.6 288.0 350.1 250.0 265.1
Unknown Patients 6 2 7 3 2 2 - 2 2
Deaths 3 1 5 0 0 1 - 1 1
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.