Table 13.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart-Lung Transplantation

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	69	38	62	46	51	46	27	31	28
	Deaths	15	14	25	21	21	17	7	12	14
	Rate	254.3	519.0	636.3	723.1	617.3	509.6	335.1	572.4	856.6
Female	Patients	47	19	39	23	30	30	17	18	17
	Deaths	8	4	14	9	9	14	4	6	7
	Rate	193.0	251.8	521.4	583.9	382.4	751.8	290.6	455.1	651.2
Male	Patients	22	19	23	23	21	16	10	13	11
	Deaths	7	10	11	12	12	3	3	6	7
	Rate	399.1	901.8	884.2	880.5	1,144.9	203.5	421.2	771.2	1,251.5

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.